From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 9 17:26:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B680637B503 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:26:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e9A0Q7B21917; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:26:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:26:07 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Alex Charalabidis Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disappearing memory after upgrade Message-ID: <20001009172606.C272@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20001009154431.A272@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from alex@wnm.net on Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 06:49:10PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Alex Charalabidis [001009 16:48] wrote: > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > * Alex Charalabidis [001009 15:26] wrote: > > > > > > I just upgraded a machine from 3.3-RC to 3.5-STABLE (cvsuped > > > 000929). Since I did this, it can only see 16MB of its 128MB physical > > > memory. The box is an old-ish Compaq Deskpro which has never given me > > > trouble before. The only changes to the kernel configuration were to > > > remove a few useless drivers and add IPF*. Any hints? > > > > See LINT for configuration directives to hardwire the amount > > of ram in the box. > > > Too obvious. Crossed my mind but I decided it was too easy a > solution. After all, we _were_ talking about a compaq, it _had_ to be > something perverse. :) > > MAXMEM did the trick though. Guess this is what happens when you run BSD > on hardware meant to run Win@#%$. Morale: If it works, don't reboot, don't > upgrade... don't even touch. Honestly I think that's not a very good attitude to have, stability and security problems pop up at times that _must_ be addressed. I think more important is to buy from someone that will support your BSD installations like BSDi (Telenet systems) and to avoid vendors who say "huh???" when you mention BSD. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message