From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 1 7: 0:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icarus.idirect.com (icarus.idirect.com [207.136.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3C9156DF for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 07:00:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tMind@bigfoot.com) Received: from eniac.idirect.ca (eniac.idirect.com [207.136.80.199]) by icarus.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03926; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:00:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gchan (fan200.fan590.com [209.250.138.200]) by eniac.idirect.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA11103; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:00:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00d401beac36$c6cd3020$3c29a8c0@tci.rdo> From: "Tenacious" To: "Doug White" , "Christian Helms" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Memory hole ????? Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:58:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, I have the same experience. Change all your ram and start over. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug White To: Christian Helms Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:58 AM Subject: Re: Memory hole ????? > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message