Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:52:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: <Joe.Warner@smed.com> Cc: <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD not recognizing memory Message-ID: <20011018084726.S53044-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <OF2E2DA0FC.F85BABB0-ON87256AE9.0050DBF7@smed.com>
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On 2001-10-18, Joe.Warner@smed.com scribbled: # I'm running FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE on a Compaq # Proliant 2500 server. # # When I reboot the server, the BIOS says it's got # 96mbs of RAM, which is correct. When FreeBSD # boots, it says it have only 16mbs of RAM, which is # not correct. I have a Compaq Proliant 2500 server where I work as well and it exhibits the same problems. The problem is documented in the FAQ, the Q&A can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#REALLYBIGRAM What you will need to do is to build a custom kernel with the following line in the kernel configuration file: options "MAXMEM=x" where x is the amount of memory you have in kilobytes. In your case, you would replace x with 98304. From there, you can either continue to modify the kernel configuration to trim it down and build/install the new kernel with: /usr/sbin/config CONFIG_FILE cd ../../compile/CONFIG_FILE make depend make make install reboot (If you get an errors in the first step, check the CONFIG_FILE for any errors). -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] # Every solution breeds new problems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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