From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 17:15:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F11D16A400 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E180443D48 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:15:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 12046 invoked by uid 510); 21 Mar 2006 17:19:16 +0000 Received: from 192.168.0.108 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1261. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(192.168.0.108):SA:0(-3.9/5.0):. Processed in 17.545091 secs); 21 Mar 2006 17:19:16 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.9 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(192.168.0.108):SA:0(-3.9/5.0):. Processed in 17.545091 secs Process 12039) Received: from usr002 (HELO ubuntu.bathnetworks.local.bathnetworks.local) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@192.168.0.108) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 21 Mar 2006 17:18:59 +0000 From: robert To: Lee Shackelford In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:14:21 +0000 Message-Id: <1142961262.19540.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: specifying memory partitions to BTX loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:15:11 -0000 On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 08:50 -0800, Lee Shackelford wrote: > Good morning dear person at FreeBSD questions. I am trying to install > FreeBSD 5.3 on a Compaq Proliant 5000 with multiple Pentium Pro processors > and SMART-SCSI 2/P hardware RAID array. It contains a flash-ROM BIOS. The > BIOS does not follow the conventions of fixed-ROM BIOSes such as are > installed on most workstation type computers. According to a message > posted on a user forum for Fedora Linux, this BIOS divides the 1 gigabyte > memory into three sections. The loader for Fedora Linux has an option to > hand enter this information, since the loader does not detect it. The BTX > loader supplied with FreeBSD 5.3 apparently also fails to correctly detect > the memory configuration because the attempt to load always fails. It > fails to write the ports table, and then, if BTX is run in safe mode, > generates a page fault. How do I hand enter this information into BTX > loader? If this question has been answered before, I would be satisfied > just to know where it is posted. Any assistance is appreciated. > Hi Lee, I had the same problem you need to do something like: Choose the "Escape to loader prompt" option, then: > set hw.physmem="1048576k" > boot Once you have a working install, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: hw.physmem="1048576k" Assuming you have 1 GByte of memory. BTW I have had problems with the SMP kernel under 5.3, 5.4 and 6.0 on the same machine (Quad processors)and I would be interested in your experience with it. Hope this helps Rob