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Date:      Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:44:47 +0800 (CST)
From:      <lyz@ems.guangzhou.gd.cn>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP and MEM
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.05.9908120938130.17146-100000@ems.guangzhou.gd.cn>
In-Reply-To: <199908110647.QAA81698@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>

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Of course I know I must recompile the kernel when the kernel was modified.
But the Compaq3000 server didn't suport SMP and 1G mem yet.Hope your help!
Thanks.

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Greg Lewis wrote:

> > 1.I install Freebsd3.2-RELEASE in my server.But it didn't support two
> > processor.
> 
> You need to recompile your kernel with SMP support enabled.
> 
> > The Hardware's configuration like this;
> > 
> > Compaq 3000
> > two Pentium II 400 CPU 
> > 512M memory
> > 
> > 
> > 2. The other question is my compaq 3000 server down again and again when MEM 
> > increase to 1 G.   
> >    I have set the option in kernel like this:
> > 
> > 
> > options         "MAXMEM=(1024*1024)"
> > 
> > 
> > appreciate for your help.
> 
> Right.  So you've compiled a kernel which insists that your machine has
> 1G of physical RAM yet you state above that it has 512 M.  I'm guessing
> this is a Bad Thing [TM].  You only need to specify MAXMEM if FreeBSD 
> isn't detecting the amount of RAM you have correctly.
> 
> -- 
> Greg Lewis 				glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au
> Computing Officer			+61 8 8303 5083
> Teletraffic Research Centre
> 



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