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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]

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