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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-13 11:39:38 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-13 11:39:38 +0000
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@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ variable in the boot time configuration file
.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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For most systems the size of the specified dump device must be at least
-the size of physical memory. Even though a header is added to the dump
-the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so you usually
-do not have to size the dump device larger then the actual amount of ram
-you stuffed into the machine.
+the size of physical memory.
+Even though an additional header is added to the dump,
+the BIOS for a platform typically holds back some memory, so it is not usually
+necessary to size the dump device larger than the actual amount of RAM
+available in the machine.
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