Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:55:23 -0600 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, joeo@cracktown.com, Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Summary] Unable to boot FreeBSD-Release on IBM ThinkPad 600E Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000118165523.01029ec0@midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <200001182247.OAA16329@ptavv.es.net> References: <Your message of "Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:55:22 CST." <3.0.5.32.20000118155522.01022db0@midwest.net>
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Also, there's some new option instead of maxmem, but I haven't had a chance to try it, be sure you subtract 1024 from the maxmem option. There's something weird with the thinkpads and you can't use the entire memory above 64... :( At 02:47 PM 1/18/00 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: >Thanks! The problem was too much RAM! >Don't see how I missed it in the archives, Sorry. > >I pulled my 128 MB card and booted the floppies. It worked! I don't >have the CD available at the moment, so I can't try to actually >install the software (and I can't install over the network since I >have a Xircom card which is not supported). Maybe I'll have time to >install the full system tomorrow and rebuild the kernel with the new >MAXMEM. Sine I have 192 MB, I'm guessing that I'll need to adjust the >suggested value up a bit. > >First time I've ever had a problem with too much memory! > >The fast response is greatly appreciated. > >R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) >E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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