From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 18 9:20:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.smed.com (mail.smed.com [64.46.248.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA5337B409 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 09:20:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpgate.smshsc.net (unknown [165.226.204.25]) by mail.smed.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A3647ED9 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:20:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iesa14.smshsc.net (iesa14.shrmed.com [165.226.204.44]) by smtpgate.smshsc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA17460 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:20:32 -0400 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com Received: from uranus.smed.com (unverified) by iesa14.smshsc.net (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:19:40 -0400 Subject: Re: FreeBSD not recognizing memory To: Linh Pham Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-Id: Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:19:55 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Uranus/SMS(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 10/18/2001 12:20:33 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Linh, Thanks so much for your help! Now don't I feel like a shmuck for not looking in the FAQ! I assumed this was a unique problem and didn't think to check there. I'll try not to assume so much in the future. ;-) Thanks Joe Joe Warner | Sr. Operations Technical Analyst | Siemens Health Service= s | 215 N. Admiral Byrd Road | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 =A0| Ph: 801-539-4= 978 | Fax: 801-533-8004 | Joe.Warner@smed.com = =20 Linh Pham = =20 = =20 src.org> cc: =20 Subject: Re: FreeBSD not r= ecognizing memory =20 10/18/2001 = =20 09:52 AM = =20 = =20 = =20 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=3Dx" where x is the amount of memory you have in kilobytes. In your case, yo= u 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 = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to CSOffice@smed.com. Thank you To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message