From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 31 22:58:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB3D14F6D for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 22:58:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17171; Mon, 31 May 1999 22:58:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:58:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Christian Helms Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory hole ????? In-Reply-To: <1752.990531@helmsnet.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 May 1999, Christian Helms wrote: > Hello , > can anyone help me ? strange things happen when I try to > install freeBSD 3.1 on my system (P100, FIC Board with 64MB RAM, Award > BIOS from '95). > After putting the 2nd install disk in, the computer hangs. when I > reduce my memory to 32 MB, everything goes fine. I also checked the > other 32 MB and there weren't any problems. As I want to use my full > 64 MB RAM, I tried to find any BIOS settings for the memory. So, when I > enable the 'Memory Hole At 15MB Addr.', I can install and boot BSD > without problems. Could anyone please explain me what this setting > means ? And is there another way to get rid of the problem because with this > setting I cannot boot my other operating systems ? How much memory does FreeBSD see if you turn this on? Perhaps the other SIMM is bad? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message