Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:14:01 -0400 From: "Oliver, Michael W." <oliver.michael@gargantuan.com> To: 'Patrick O'Reilly' <patrick@mip.co.za>, Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: FreeBSD Question List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD not recognizing memory Message-ID: <1DA741CA6767A144BAA4F10012536C27A8DB@LKLDDC01.GARGANTUAN.COM>
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In my Proliant 5000R, I have 192MB of RAM, but FreeBSD would only = recognize 16MB until I built a kernel with the maxmem parameter included. HTH... Michael -----Original Message----- From: Patrick O'Reilly [mailto:patrick@mip.co.za]=20 Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:12 AM To: Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: FreeBSD Question List Subject: RE: FreeBSD not recognizing memory Joe, I notice that the comments in LINT indicate that MAXMEM needs to be = defined only if the BIOS does not report the memory to FreeBSD correctly. = Perhaps there is something unusual about the Compaq BIOS which confuses = FreeBSD? That would explain why FreeBSD works it out automatically on your other platforms, but not on the Proliant servers - they probably all use a = similar BIOS. I have personally never experienced this problem - but then I have also = not used FreeBSD on a Compaq. Patrick. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of=20 > Joe.Warner@smed.com > Sent: 19 October 2001 15:09 > To: Andrew C. Hornback > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: FreeBSD not recognizing memory > > > > Yes, thanks to Lihn's responses, I was able to fix this. > > I wasn't using the GENERIC kernel. I had already created > a custom kernel and this was still a problem. > > I still find it strange that this happened on this server. My = install=20 > of FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE correctly recognizes all 393mbs of memory on my = > PC at home. > > Thanks > > Joe > > > > > > Joe Warner | Sr. Operations Technical Analyst | Siemens Health=20 > Services | 215 N. Admiral Byrd Road | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 =A0| = Ph: 801-539-4978 | > Fax: 801-533-8004 | Joe.Warner@smed.com > > > > > > "Andrew C. > > Hornback" To: > <Joe.Warner@smed.com>, > <achornback@worldne=20 > <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> > t.att.net> cc: > > Subject: RE: > FreeBSD not recognizing memory > 10/18/2001 06:47 PM > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of=20 > > Joe.Warner@smed.com > > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:48 AM > > To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: FreeBSD not recognizing memory > > > > Hi, > > > > 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. > > > > Can anyone tell me why this is happening and what > > I can do to fix it? > > You need to define MAXMEM in the kernel configuration. I've got = > a ProLiant 1500 that does the same when using a GENERIC kernel. > > --- Andy > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical=20 > Solutions Health Services Corporation and are intended only for the=20 > addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade=20 > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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