From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 18 23:08:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA03987 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 23:08:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA03972 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 23:07:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA12206; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:07:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:07:21 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Warner Losh cc: John Polstra , lem@cantv.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone? In-Reply-To: <199803190104.SAA20525@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Warner Losh wrote: > hmmm, that would explain why my presario reports 16M of memory when > it, in fact, has 40M in it.... I have an old "ProSignia" (can't find a real model # no matter how hard I try) that refuses to see more than 8M. I've thrown every kind of RAM known to man in the thing. The "press F1 on reboot" thing is very annoying as well. I do marvel at the FBSD VM stuff; it's just a measly 486/66 and it is still able to run http/https, samba, dhcp, mail, sshd, web-proxy, and a hacked up mail-web gateway with more speed than you would think could come out of a 486 with 8M of memory. The thing you have to remember with Compaq is that you are screwed if you use anything without a Compaq part number on it. Support stops the minute you throw non-Compaq parts in it. Makes tech support easy for *them*, but... Charles > > I kinda like the torx T15 screws that they use to hold it together :-) > Good luck finding them in the store, however. > > Warner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message