Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:32:52 -0800 From: "Jesse Geddis" <sgeine@yahoo.com> To: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@yahoo.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RAM Memory Question Message-ID: <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANKECHCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <00cf01c1ba8e$32f4f040$de56579d@india.ti.com>
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I wouldn't call seeing half your ram working fine out of the box. you said your machine sees it fine ala bios moving onto the kernel which is where you said problem is. again, try setting the below in your kernel when you compile it # MAXMEM specifies the amount of RAM on the machine; it sounds like you're looking at it as a hardware problem which it doesn't appear to be since like you said your machine boots past BIOS. tell your kernel how much ram you have since it isn't seeing it all. there is no other way that I know of to tell your kernel specifically how much RAM you have which is what you need to do. try setting options MAXMEM="(256*1024)" -----Original Message----- From: Gautham Ganapathy [mailto:gauthamg123list@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:14 PM To: sgeine@yahoo.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RAM Memory Question i don't think MAXMEM is the problem. I have an Athlon with 256 MB RAM (2 PC133 sticks) and it worked fine out of the box. but i am running 4.3-RELEASE. would that make a difference ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Geddis" <sgeine@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: RE: RAM Memory Question > 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. > > Thanks, > > Chris Angell. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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