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- Mention the size of the additional header

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PR:		docs/85867
Submitted by:	dinoex
MFC after:	1 week
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Pav Lucistnik 2006-01-07 19:17:13 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ variable in the boot time configuration file
.Pp
For most systems the size of the specified dump device must be at
least the size of physical memory.
Even though an additional header is added to the dump, the BIOS for a
Even though an additional 64 kB 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.