Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:19:55 -0600 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not recognizing memory Message-ID: <OFAEACC85F.46579E02-ON87256AE9.00597B8F@smed.com>
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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
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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=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
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