From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Dec 3 10:52:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148E837B416 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB3Iqlp95348; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:52:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:52:47 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: as2100 saga continues: memory trouble? *sigh* Message-ID: <20011203195247.A95334@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA17E@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA17E@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 07:45:13PM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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