From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 2 16:18: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5795037B9C9 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:17:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from transmogrify@sympatico.ca) Received: from sympatico.ca (ppp8830.on.bellglobal.com [207.236.126.14]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA09576; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:21:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3988AB17.BFBE078F@sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 19:13:27 -0400 From: Paul Halliday X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vladimir Kushnir Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT: Alpha PC164 sees only 1/2 of memory ANYBODY HELP ME! References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Vladimir Kushnir wrote: > > Sorry, it's not FBSD related but I just don't know what to do. > > The problem is like this: our Institute's server (old Alpha PC164 > under Linux RH 6.1) all of a sudden has stopped booting unless env > MEMORY_SIZE in MILO is set to <=1/2 actual RAM. I'm getting a bit > desperate about this - no experience with this arch at all :-( > > Please, some kind soul help me to understand this and (if at all > possible) fix it. My only suggestion is to install FreeBSD. I myself own a pc164 running FreeBSD 4.0 and it works like a charm. > TIA, > Vladimir > > -- > > ===========================|======================= > Vladimir Kushnir | > vkushnir@Alfacom.net | Powered by FreeBSD > kushnir@ap3.bitp.kiev.ua | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Paul H. ======================================================================= Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Email: dp@penix.org & transmogrify@sympatico.ca BIO: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org GPG Key fingerprint: 2D7C A7E2 DB1F EA5F 8C6F D5EC 3D39 F274 4AA3E8B9 Public Key's available here: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org/texts/public.html ======================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message