From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 31 16:39:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA16296 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:39:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA16291; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:39:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA25276; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:40:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711010040.QAA25276@implode.root.com> To: "John S. Dyson" cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, elh@svic.com Subject: Re: 2.2.5 installation bug on 1gig machines In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 1997 18:40:46 EST." <199710312340.SAA26046@dyson.iquest.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:40:21 -0800 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. The problem with this is that the memory is already sized before 'userconfig' is called (it needs to be that way for various reasons). This basically means that we can't limit the memory during an install. You'll have to physically pull out some of the memory and/or replace it with lower density SIMMs until you've finished the installation and built a customized kernel. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project