From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 26 10:46:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07766 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:46:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from agisgate.agis.net (agisgate.agis.net [205.137.48.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA07750 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:46:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from radio (ops1.agis.net [205.137.48.54]) by agisgate.agis.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA11329 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:47:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970326134746.00aa6e50@agisgate.agis.net> X-Sender: markl@agisgate.agis.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:47:47 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark E Larson Subject: Re: Extended memory in 2.2.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well it looks like I have to go back to 2.1.5 I have to have 384M in these servers. At 01:06 PM 3/26/97 -0500, Allen W. Gambert wrote: >Yeah, I noticed this same thing. When I tried > > options MAXMEM="256*1024" > >I got the same thing. I kept tring to reduce it; I cant remember what I >was able to get it down to, but when it did finally boot the machine >would lockup after awhile. > >I than kept tring to reduce it and it finally stabilized at > > options MAXMEM="128*1024" > >I have not had the time to determine where the problem lies. Anybody >else have any comments? Currently my system is a Pentium Pro 150Mhz with >an adaptec 3940UW PCI scsi controller with a 9Gig drive. Now that the >system is stable it smokes. > >Good luck, > >Allen > >On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Mark E Larson wrote: > >> >> Howdy! >> >> Ok. I tried adding this line in the 2.2.1 kernel >> >> options "maxmem=1024*384" >> >> To reconize 384M of RAM. This worked under 2.1.5, but in 2.2.1 upon boot >> up the kernel says "memory bounce rebooting in 15 secs" >> >> So the question here is How do I specify the extra memory in 2.2.1 >> >> Thanx >> >> ################################################################### >> A P E X G L O B A L I N F O R M A T I O N S E R V I C E S >> ################################################################### >> Network Operations Center 313-730-5151 noc@agis.net >> News Administration 313-730-5151 news@agis.net >> Business Office/Sales 313-730-1130 sales@agis.net >> >> Visit our Web Page: http://www.agis.net >> Network News Information: http://agisgate.agis.net/netnews/netnews.htm >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Don't throw a HSSI...and drop that ethernet!" >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >Allen W. Gambert (813)980-1317 >CFTnet Operation Center gambert@cftnet.com > > > ################################################################### A P E X G L O B A L I N F O R M A T I O N S E R V I C E S ################################################################### Network Operations Center 313-730-5151 noc@agis.net News Administration 313-730-5151 news@agis.net Business Office/Sales 313-730-1130 sales@agis.net Visit our Web Page: http://www.agis.net Network News Information: http://agisgate.agis.net/netnews/netnews.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't throw a HSSI...and drop that ethernet!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------