From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 19 9:33:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.smed.com (mail.smed.com [64.46.248.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D06837B403 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:33:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpgate.smshsc.net (unknown [165.226.204.25]) by mail.smed.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECF047E58 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iesa14.smshsc.net (iesa14.shrmed.com [165.226.204.44]) by smtpgate.smshsc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA23422 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:33:00 -0400 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com Received: from uranus.smed.com (unverified) by iesa14.smshsc.net (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:31:14 -0400 Subject: RE: FreeBSD not recognizing memory To: "Patrick O'Reilly" Cc: "FreeBSD Question List" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:31:30 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on Uranus/SMS(Release 5.0.8 |June 18, 2001) at 10/19/2001 12:32:11 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I notice that the comments in LINT indicate that MAXMEM needs to be defined >only if the BIOS does not report the memory to FreeBSD correctly. Per= haps >there is something unusual about the Compaq BIOS which confuses FreeBS= D? Don't know. The only thing that was a little out of date on the server was the firmware for the RAID controller. I doubt this was the cause of the problem. >I have personally never experienced this problem - but then I have als= o not >used FreeBSD on a Compaq. I've always had the best luck with FreeBSD on Compaq's. ...errr, I mean HP's. ;-) Thanks Joe Joe Warner | Sr. Operations Technical Analyst | Siemens Health Service= s | 215 N. Admiral Byrd Road | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 =A0| Ph: 801-539-4= 978 | Fax: 801-533-8004 | Joe.Warner@smed.com = =20 "Patrick = =20 O'Reilly" To: = =20 > Hornback" To: > , > > t.att.net> cc: > > Subject: RE: > FreeBSD not recognizing memory > 10/18/2001 06:47 PM > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > > Joe.Warner@smed.com > > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:48 AM > > To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: FreeBSD not recognizing memory > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE on a Compaq > > Proliant 2500 server. > > > > When I reboot the server, the BIOS says it's got > > 96mbs of RAM, which is correct. When FreeBSD > > boots, it says it have only 16mbs of RAM, which is > > not correct. > > > > Can anyone tell me why this is happening and what > > I can do to fix it? > > You need to define MAXMEM in the kernel configuration. I've got= a > ProLiant > 1500 that does the same when using a GENERIC kernel. > > --- Andy > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------- > This message and any included attachments are from Siemens > Medical Solutions > Health Services Corporation and are intended only for the addressee(s= ). > The information contained herein may include trade secrets or > privileged or > otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, > forwarding, printing, > copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly > prohibited and may > be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have > reason to believe > you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this > message and > notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to CSOffice@smed.com. Thank = you > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to CSOffice@smed.com. Thank you To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message