Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:14:21 +0000 From: robert <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: Lee Shackelford <lee_shackelford@dot.ca.gov> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: specifying memory partitions to BTX loader Message-ID: <1142961262.19540.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <OF966DCDE5.3335B082-ON88257138.005B080C@dot.ca.gov> References: <OF966DCDE5.3335B082-ON88257138.005B080C@dot.ca.gov>
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On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 08:50 -0800, Lee Shackelford wrote: > 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. > Hi Lee, I had the same problem you need to do something like: Choose the "Escape to loader prompt" option, then: > set hw.physmem="1048576k" > boot Once you have a working install, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: hw.physmem="1048576k" Assuming you have 1 GByte of memory. BTW I have had problems with the SMP kernel under 5.3, 5.4 and 6.0 on the same machine (Quad processors)and I would be interested in your experience with it. Hope this helps Rob
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