From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 31 15:40:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA13308 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:40:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA13302; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:40:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id SAA26046; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 18:40:46 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199710312340.SAA26046@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: 2.2.5 installation bug on 1gig machines In-Reply-To: <199710312208.OAA00340@xy.svic.com> from Ed Hudson at "Oct 31, 97 02:08:21 pm" To: elh@svic.com (Ed Hudson) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 18:40:46 -0500 (EST) Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, elh@svic.com, elh@spnet.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ed Hudson said: > > howdy. > > i just tried to install 2.2.5 on a 1gig > pentium pro machine and got the error > message (something like): > This is just a guess (I am normally in the guts of the kernel, and not involved with installs.) You'll have to limit the memory during installation with changing the iosiz parameter to be something like 32768 or somesuch. You should be able to install then. Afterwards, rebuild the GENERIC or some other customized kernel to avoid bounce-buffers. You'll also run into kernel address space problems, where others have solutions for that problem. There is nothing limiting us to less than 3GB, other than config issues :-(. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com