/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.