Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:50:39 -0800 From: Lee Shackelford <lee_shackelford@dot.ca.gov> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: specifying memory partitions to BTX loader Message-ID: <OF966DCDE5.3335B082-ON88257138.005B080C@dot.ca.gov>
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Good morning dear person at FreeBSD questions. I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a Compaq Proliant 5000 with multiple Pentium Pro processors and SMART-SCSI 2/P hardware RAID array. It contains a flash-ROM BIOS. The BIOS does not follow the conventions of fixed-ROM BIOSes such as are installed on most workstation type computers. According to a message posted on a user forum for Fedora Linux, this BIOS divides the 1 gigabyte memory into three sections. The loader for Fedora Linux has an option to hand enter this information, since the loader does not detect it. The BTX loader supplied with FreeBSD 5.3 apparently also fails to correctly detect the memory configuration because the attempt to load always fails. It fails to write the ports table, and then, if BTX is run in safe mode, generates a page fault. How do I hand enter this information into BTX loader? If this question has been answered before, I would be satisfied just to know where it is posted. Any assistance is appreciated.
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