Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:53:09 -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: <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANMECJCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <001901c1ba92$f648c400$de56579d@india.ti.com>
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sorry, misread your email. I've never had that problem personally but I set that in my kernel every time anyway. and as far as I know that's the only variable in the kernel that appears to address his problem. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gautham Ganapathy Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:48 PM To: sgeine@yahoo.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RAM Memory Question i am not the original poster. my system works fine with no problems. every byte in the 256 MB working properly (hopefully) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Geddis" <sgeine@yahoo.com> To: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@yahoo.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: RE: RAM Memory Question > 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 _________________________________________________________ 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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