Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:12:09 -0800 From: Eric Hedstrom <erich@ucsd.edu> To: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com> Cc: lluisma <lluisma@osi-technologies.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4-RELEASE and ThinkPad 770Z with 256MB memory Message-ID: <387C99C9.1C57CC8E@ucsd.edu> References: <387C6856.2FA1CB42@osi-technologies.com> <387C831E.2EEDD314@kisoft-services.com>
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I think you're right about what the problem is, but the solution will be a little trickier in this case--the 770Z has 128MB built in. Eric Eric Masson wrote: > > Hi, > > This is a wellknown problem, > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html. Just remove memory modules > to have less than 64 Mo on your THINKPAD. It will boot fine after. Then > create a custom kernel with MAXMEM keyword matching the exact amount of > ram displayed by the 770 at startup (the lesser one). Replug your memory > modules, that's done. > MAXMEM is documented in LINT, if you do not know FBSD very well, read > http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html > For Laptop issues, you could subscribe to mobile@FreeBSD.org > > Regards. > > Eric Masson > > lluisma a écrit : > > > > I attempted to install 3.4 and it hangs after displaying "Probing PnP > > devices...". I was able to install RedHat Linux 6.1 but it only > > recognize 64MB memory instead of 256(I fixed this by adding > > append="mem=255M" to lilo.conf). > > > > Any suggestions are highly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > LLU > > > > Linux version 2.2.12-20 (root@porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version > > egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Sep 27 10:40:35 > > EDT 1999 > > Detected 363963129 Hz processor. > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > Calibrating delay loop... 362.91 BogoMIPS > > Memory: 256432k/261120k available (1008k kernel code, 412k reserved, > > 2924k data, 64k init) > > DENTRY hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) > > Buffer-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) > > Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) > > VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized > > CPU: Intel Mobile Pentium II stepping 0a > > Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. > > > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > > mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) > > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd880 > > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 > > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. > > NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP > > TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 262144 bhash 65536) > > Initializing RT netlink socket > > Starting kswapd v 1.5 > > Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. > > Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled > > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.9) > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 > > RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size > > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfcf0-0xfcf7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfcf8-0xfcff, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > hda: IBM-DCYA-214000, ATA DISK drive > > hdc: MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8171, ATAPI CDROM drive > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > hda: IBM-DCYA-214000, 7559MB w/420kB Cache, CHS=1023/240/63 > > hdc: ATAPI 20X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache > > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 > > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > > FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306 > > md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 > > raid5: measuring checksumming speed > > raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines > > pII_mmx : 809.625 MB/sec > > p5_mmx : 850.392 MB/sec > > 8regs : 625.221 MB/sec > > 32regs : 350.520 MB/sec > > using fastest function: p5_mmx (850.392 MB/sec) > > scsi : 0 hosts. > > scsi : detected total. > > md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096 > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > autodetecting RAID arrays > > autorun ... > > ... autorun DONE. > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > autodetecting RAID arrays > > autorun ... > > ... autorun DONE. > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > change_root: old root has d_count=1 > > Trying to unmount old root ... okay > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed > > Adding Swap: 529160k swap-space (priority -1) > > Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.14 > > kernel build: 2.2.12-20 #1 Mon Sep 27 10:40:35 EDT 1999 > > options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] > > Intel PCIC probe: > > TI 1251A PCI-to-CardBus at bus 0 slot 2, mem 0x50103000, 2 sockets > > host opts [0]: [ring] [pwr save] [isa irq] [no pci irq] [lat > > 168/176] [bus 2/4] > > host opts [1]: [ring] [pwr save] [isa irq] [no pci irq] [lat > > 168/176] [bus 5/7] > > ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10 status change on irq 10 > > cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: excluding 0x15e8-0x15ef > > cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 > > 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7 > > cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. > > cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff > > cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean. > > eth0: 3Com 3c589, io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:10:4B:EC:45:E4 > > 8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr > > eth0: flipped to 10baseT > > eth0: flipped to 10baseT > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > Any opinions expressed above | Murphy's Law Corollary : > are my own, not Kisoft's | Murphy was an optimist. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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