From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 13 9:21:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp2fb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876CB37B43E; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:21:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from optix@nyc.rr.com) Received: from darkstar ([24.29.134.4]) by nyc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.357.35); Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:24:59 -0400 Message-ID: <008501c0c436$adea85c0$01000001@darkstar> From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" To: Cc: Subject: Why is my machine only using 64MB of RAM? Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 12:27:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0082_01C0C415.26C20260" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C0C415.26C20260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, I have a Dell Dimension XPS T500 which I had installed FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on (from the ISO) and on system bootup, dmesg reports that there is only 65MB of RAM available to the system. However, this is not the case. This machine has 2 sticks, each of 128MB of RAM for a total of 256MB. However, when the machine is in Windows, all 256MB of RAM is detected and used and everything is working fine. I have since deinstalled FreeBSD from my system and am now currently running Windows, trying to figure all of this out. Any insight would be appreciated, as I want to get back to using FreeBSD as soon as possible.=20 Thank you in advance,=20 Jonathan M. Slivko ~~~~ Jonathan M. Slivko Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network Pager: (917) 388-5304 Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/ (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc) ~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBOtcpAT4aolq8K4tFEQKfjwCeNR0yrnfNiygnVog9cYO9DICsvpYAn2En H/0EZ0vwPjIT8fY3hxEdN3M9 =3D7wU8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C0C415.26C20260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Hello all,
 
I have a Dell Dimension XPS T500 which = I had=20 installed FreeBSD
4.2-RELEASE on (from the ISO) and on system bootup, = dmesg=20 reports
that there is only 65MB of RAM available to the system. = However,=20 this
is not the case. This machine has 2 sticks, each of 128MB of RAM = for
a total of 256MB. However, when the machine is in Windows, all=20 256MB
of RAM is detected and used and everything is working fine. I=20 have
since deinstalled FreeBSD from my system and am now currently=20 running
Windows, trying to figure all of this out. Any insight would=20 be
appreciated, as I want to get back to using FreeBSD as soon=20 as
possible.
 
Thank you in advance,
Jonathan M.=20 Slivko
 
~~~~
Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com>
Systems=20 Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services
IRC Operator, AsylumNet = IRC=20 Network
Pager: (917) 388-5304
Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/<= BR>(PGP=20 Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc)
~~~~
 
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