From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 22 10:52: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from camel.kdsi.net (camel.kdsi.net [206.103.113.218]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608E837B438 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:52:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tony@camel.kdsi.net) Received: from camel.kdsi.net (leepcD-224.sub-d.lee.net [208.205.127.224]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by camel.kdsi.net (8.12.0.Beta10/8.12.0.Beta10) with ESMTP id f7MIFvSW011622; Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:15:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3B83F139.8A837499@camel.kdsi.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:51:53 -0500 From: Tony Wells X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Boyd Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Proliant 2500 missing memory? References: <5A1E91591378D243B6B6C5425F2B2B3E07C0F2@apexch.apogeetelecom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, You can supply a hint to the kernel in the config to tell it how much memory you have installed if it can't detect it properly from the BIOS. Add this line to your kernel config, and re-compile the kernel: options MAXMEM="(1024*1024)" This should get the kernel to recognize the memory. Chris Boyd wrote: > > I have a Compaq Proliant 2500 with 1GB RAM and 4.3-RELEASE installed. > FreeBSD (and Linux & M$-DOS for that matter) all report the box as having > 16MB. I've looked at the memory config with the Compaq diagnostic program, > and everything looks OK there. Just seems like the BIOS call reports only > 16MB. This is with the latest E24 flash. Any hints? > > -- > Chris Boyd > > 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