Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:28:35 +0200 From: Tim Priebe <tim@polytechnic.edu.na> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.4-RELEASE and ThinkPad 770Z with 256MB memory Message-ID: <387C9DA3.F53FC917@polytechnic.edu.na>
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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. Then build the custom kernel on a functioning system, compress it and copy it to your kernel boot floppy. Tim. >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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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