Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:09:30 -0400 From: Geoffrey Robinson <geoffr@globalserve.net> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing on a System with Too Much RAM Message-ID: <3630C65A.317DD8AC@globalserve.net> References: <199810231752.NAA02434@laker.net>
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Steve Friedrich wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:55:33 -0400, Geoffrey Robinson wrote: > > >Okay, this is exactly what I did > > > >- entered -c at the boot prompt > >- when it got to the Kernel Configuration Menu I selected CLI mode > >- entered iosize npx0 32768 > >- entered ls to verifier that the iosize of npx0 was set to 32768 (it was) > >- entered q > > > >It then panicked and rebooted as expected but after rebooting npx0 returned > >to the default and it panicked again. Did I miss something? > > You're doing this during the install?? > In your original message you implied you had it installed and it failed > during reboot... Did I misinterpret?? > Here's what you said: > > >I'm trying to install FBSD 2.2.7 on a server with a gig of RAM. Problem is, > > >when it reboots to load the generic kernel for the first time My fault, after being up 26 hours I'm surprised anything I wrote made sense. > This method I mentioned will probably only work if you're booting off > the hard drive because I believe it makes the change "sticky" by > putting the info in boot.config. You might try looking at the floppy > and see if it has a boot.config. Yes there is a file called boot.config on the floppy. It's empty though. > Maybe someone else has more ideas, but I believe another option might > be to have someone build a GENERIC kernel limited to 32MB for you and > let you download it from somewhere. > > On the other hand, maybe your problem is really something else, because > the GENERIC kernel often doesn't see memory above 64MB. Perhaps your > motherboard's BIOS is able to report all your memory, but seems > unlikely. Yes it does, I checked with the company that sold it > If no one else has any ideas, I'd be willing to build a 32MB limited > GENERIC kernel and post it on my web site... That would be very helpful if you can do it. I tried copying a FBSD 2.2.5 kernel from another computer onto the boot floppy but it didn't work. Just booted like it does on the other computer and panicked when it discovered there was nothing on the drive. > Another possible option: > can you remove some of the memory until after the install?? If you > could do that, you could verify that too much memory is indeed the > problem, and we can then determine how much will work. Not an option. There are 4 X 256M dimms, I was going to replace them with a 64M dimm for the install but the motherboard requires a minimum of four dimms so short of buying 4 X 16M dimms I can't do that. There has got to be a way of doing this without removing memory. FreeBSD seems way to smart for this to be a problem. -Geoff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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