From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 24 13:31:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA29246 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:31:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA29241 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:31:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.8.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id NAA10828; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:32:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704242032.NAA10828@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "support" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ram config In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Apr 1997 11:54:16 PDT." <199704241903.MAA00212@mail.websidestory.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:32:56 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >we are using free bsd on systems with 440fx motherboards, onboard scsi = >and onboard ethernet. when i increase the ram from 191 megs to 256 i get = >a kmem_suballoc error that returns 3. any suggestions. the kernel has = >been successfully compiled to account for the increase in ram, and = >works, other than the memory hole message, when i remove a dimm and the = >ram total goes below 256. thanks for any help. If you are installing 2.2.1, then you need to upgrade to 2.2-stable. There was a bug that caused too much kernel virtual memory to be allocated, resulting in the above error. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project