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Subject: 4GB of memory with FreeBSD 4.3?
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I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE on a machine
with 4GB of memory.  The motherboard is a SuperMicro 370DL3
with a ServerWorks chipset.

The installation kernel makes it almost all the way through
the boot sequence, to the point (I think) of running the
first user level process /stand/sysinstall.  The last normal
output before the crash is:

        /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0

it immediately panics before sysinstall gets a chance to
put up its colorful screen:

        panic: swap_pager_swap_init: swap_zone == NULL

The system works fine if I cut the memory down to 3GB.

So, questions:

1.  Is 4GB supposed to work in 4.3?  Does it work with other boards?

2.  Any suggestions on fixing this so it works?

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