From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 15 10:36:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gabriel.schoolpeople.net (gabriel.schoolpeople.net [216.34.170.167]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E2A37B65D for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:36:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from dopey (ati.schoolpeople.net [216.60.130.10]) by gabriel.schoolpeople.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA54031 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:36:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brandon@schoolpeople.net) From: "Brandon DeYoung" To: Subject: FreeBSD and 4GB RAM Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:34:56 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0974B.B3BB1EA0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0974B.B3BB1EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello all, I'm setting up a new box. It's an Intel SRKA4: http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/srka4/ This uses the Serverworks II He chipset. It has 16 DIMM slots. I have 4 Xeon 700 w/ 1MB cache installed. On the first try I populated all 16 slots with 256MB modules (4GB). In this configuration booting to the 4.2 install CD caused some kind of panic or another (I didn't write it down). I then tried again after removing 3GB RAM and the install ran smooth as silk. Is there a kernel tweak needed here? Thanks in advance, ~Brandon ...It don’t Mean a Thaing, if you Cain’t get that ping... Brandon S. DeYoung Senior Engineer SchoolPeople 512.794.1114 ext.111 brandon@schoolpeople.net ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0974B.B3BB1EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

=20 Hello all,

I'm setting up a new box. It's an Intel SRKA4: http://develope= r.intel.com/design/servers/srka4/

This = uses the=20 Serverworks II He chipset. It has 16 DIMM slots. I have 4 Xeon 700 w/ = 1MB cache=20 installed. On the first try I populated all 16 slots with 256MB modules = (4GB).=20 In this configuration booting to the 4.2 install CD caused some kind of = panic or=20 another (I didn't write it down). I then tried again after removing 3GB = RAM and=20 the install ran smooth as silk.

Is there a kernel tweak needed here?

Thanks = in=20 advance,

~Brandon

...It don’t Mean a Thaing,
if you = Cain’t get that=20 ping...

Brandon S. DeYoung
Senior=20 Engineer
SchoolPeople
512.794.1114=20 ext.111
brandon@schoolpeople.net

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