From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 27 15:42:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E7F316A5FB for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:42:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E47445FD for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:18:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so1399496wxd for ; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:18:50 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Opu0vDHKlaKL82JYpnAgI84/00VXxmbXUuydmpfrk0fSw4QrBHUAie1fEUivb35Sm+l+pxI2L1iJx6wtIonDIb4hgkEFc4vEzkG5Sw2XZwafz4Is0mJZOspkQWNR25hElmbQrAcNcXCojJvuS01kFYKubtE2riAR5TwKD9trVwQ= Received: by 10.70.116.1 with SMTP id o1mr7745493wxc; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.49.3 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:18:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:18:50 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Peter Jeremy" In-Reply-To: <20060827100911.GM16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20060827071329.GK16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060827110030.cebfbbf0.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20060827100911.GM16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:42:21 -0000 On 8/27/06, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 11:00:30 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > >On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 > >Peter Jeremy wrote: > > > >> The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I > >> checked. > > > >And I guess that the floppies work in the same way? > > Yes. > > >> Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB > >> (though not very happily). > > > >Hmm, I see. I'm planning to run X on this old box (it's going to be a > >PictureFrame project), perhaps that will not work. > > I think you would be thrashing if there was any actual activity. I'll > prod a friend with the same setup to comment tomorrow. > > >> I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to > >> expand it. > > > >Ok. Are all SODIMMs equal (ie. a real standard), or do I hvae to look > >specifically for memory upgrades for the Armada 1580 (or 1500 series)? > > I'm 99% certain that you can't use anything bigger than 64MB (at least > a 128MB Cpq Armada SODIMM that I had wouldn't work in any of the 15xx > machines I tried it in - that included a 1580). I'm not sure how > interchangeable they are. > Max mem size and chip density is a function of the MCH, If you post a copy of dmesg here I can look it up for you. >From the service manual: "The computer supports optional 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64-MB memory boards. The memory boards are 60 ns EDO RAM without parity. System memory can be expanded to 80-MB of DRAM depending on the model." The Service Manual is here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=96219&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc00139858%2Fc00139858.pdf And Addendum to the service manual is here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=96219&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc00139129%2Fc00139129.pdf -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/