/ALLOCATE /NOALLOCATE (default) Allocates pages during the next reboot of the system. The physical alignment of the pages is based on the maximum granularity hint factor that can be used to map the pages without exceeding the size of the memory reservation. (See the introduction to this section for more information about the /ALLOCATE qualifier.) Possible granularity hint factors are 512 pages (or 4 MB) and 64 pages (or 512 KB). Therefore, assuming an 8 KB system page size, reserved memory is physically aligned as follows: o size >= 4 MB: physically aligned on a 4 MB boundary o size < 4 MB: physically aligned on a 512 KB boundary If you specify /NOALLOCATE, or do not specify /ALLOCATE, memory is reserved only by reducing the system's fluid page count, but no specific pages are set aside.