Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:49:17 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAM Memory Question Message-ID: <20020220184917.GG3600@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANKEBMCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com> References: <F11g93VLnjJeDYt4lBM0000f5a2@hotmail.com> <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANKEBMCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 08:28:59AM -0800, Jesse Geddis wrote: > have you tried setting the MAXMEM option in your kernel? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Angell > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:27 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RAM Memory Question > > > Helpers, > > I have a FreeBSD machine running 4.5 Release. This machine has 256 megs of > ram. On startup, FreeBSD (or the boot loader?) recognizes the ram. It sees > all 256 megs. The message reads something like "BIOS Reports 256789Kb". > > When the kernel takes over booting, it complains something like "Memory Hole > in physical memory, giving up". The error is NOT in DMESG, though DMESG > does say that this machine has only 150 megs of real and 142 megs of > available memory. > > Does anyone have any ideas? This machine is a new 1 Ghz Athlon with two > sticks of PC-133 SDRAM. This problem is rather puzzling. Usually, in my > experiences, ram either does its thing like it's supposed to, or simply > renders the machine inoperable. > Look in your BIOS, you may find there an option to allow a memory hole, this used to be needed for some reason or another on another OS (something to do with ISA I think)..make sure it is disabled. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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