Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:52:47 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: as2100 saga continues: memory trouble? *sigh* Message-ID: <20011203195247.A95334@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA17E@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:45:13PM %2B0100 References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA17E@l04.research.kpn.com>
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:45:13PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > Dear All, > > I found some time again to fight with the old AS2100. It's now taken out of > the development cycle of our project (thank goodness), and I'm only > continuing because I cannot stand a machine that resists me installing > FreeBSD on it. :-) > > When I type "show memory" on the monitor prompt I see that I have one memory > board with 128MB (which is good) but it also says "bad pages 4096" (which I > suspect is bad). I cannot remove the one board, for obvious reasons. > Does this mean my box is borked? If the memory board is broken how much for > a new one, and where to get one? You are in deep sh* ... I had a similar AS2100A memory problem and while VMS is smart enough to not use the bad pages, FreeBSD is not as smart. You will need to get a working memory board. Wilko [who now regrets having canned the AS2100A] -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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