Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 13:12:09 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: David de Jong <dd026@energex.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory Limits with Compaq Message-ID: <19981119131209.C7455@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <36526E96.E57D7314@energex.com.au>; from David de Jong on Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 04:52:07PM %2B1000 References: <36526E96.E57D7314@energex.com.au>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 at 16:52 SAST, David de Jong wrote: > > I have a compaq Armada 1598DT which I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.6 on. The > machine has been loaded with 98M of memory. > > Unfortunately,the kernel will not recognise the full extent of the > memory on this PC. Evidence for this is the high swap rate, top reports > a low memory inactive level, the info from the boot record (obtained > from dmesg) is as follows:- > real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) > avail memory = 14680064 (14336K bytes) In addition to all the other suggestions, I can only offer this: Some of the older Compaqs had the notorious "memory hole" at 16MB. You should be able to switch this off in the BIOS - you might need to use the DOS-based software you get with the machine to do so. -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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