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From:neil
Date:13 Jun 2001 at 15:40:47
Subject:Re: Any advice?

HIhihi
On Tuesday June 12 2001, Robert Cranley said to Bent Hansen:

>> I just have some things I want to get sorted out.

We all love easy questions :)

>> I have an A1200 with a Blizzard 030/50, and it has a 16MB RAM chip.
>> What's the largest RAM chip I can use and what type?
RC> Well, my Blizzard 060 can access 128MB in the main slot, so I'd imagine
RC> all Blizzards can. The 030 chip is capable of it.

128MB in 72pin SIMMs, yes. All types have worked for me, EDO or not. 128MB can
be put on the SCSI board too.

RC> that much in 10 years' time :) I don't know about the partitions
RC> though, I've heard they're limited to 2GB, but I'm using 4GB partitions

No limit on partitions in OS3.5 as far as I'm aware, expect:

RC> do keep weekly backups just in case though! I think it would be wise to
RC> keep SYS: less than 2GB though, because this is accessed before the
RC> 64-bit filesystem is put in place by setpatch. I'd say it is definitely

Yes, Sys: needs to be completely inside the first 4GB.

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Neil Williams, ICQ UINs: 18223711 & 116110052, 2:442/107

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