From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 14:33:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A9A1065688 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 14:33:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CF218FC1D for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 14:33:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 914821CC033; Wed, 21 May 2008 07:15:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 07:15:00 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: votdev@gmx.de Message-ID: <20080521141500.GA88498@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20080521080156.209010@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080521080156.209010@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instant reboot with FreeBSD 6.3 and > 2GB RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:33:07 -0000 On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:01:56AM +0200, votdev@gmx.de wrote: > Hello, > > some users of FreeNAS which is based on FreeBSD 6.3 reported instant reboots on systems with > 2GB RAM (most of them use 4GB). The reboot occurs right after displaying the FreeBSD loader menu. Most of them told me that they can boot if they reduce RAM to <= 2GB. > > We are using the following kernel configuration which is based on GENERIC: > http://freenas.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freenas/branches/0.69/build/kernel-config/FREENAS-i386?revision=3291&view=markup > > I found out another problem that causes a reboot on my 2GB machine. We are using a image for the LiveCD which is 64MB great. If i change back mfs_root size to 63MB all works well, but all above 64MB causes a reboot. > Is there any limitation? > > Could someone help me out of this problem? Is the mfsroot problem what I've documented here? http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/pxeboot_serial_install.html#step7 -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |