Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 06:16:06 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Quick question on IBM ThinkPad Message-ID: <19991113061606.D59033@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <00a001bf2d62$18347840$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <3.0.5.32.19991111131906.007ccd40@midwest.net> <00a001bf2d62$18347840$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 05:03:12PM -0600, Alejandro Ramirez wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
> > I have the Thinkpad 600 w/128 Megs ram, the only problem I had was during
> > the install with all 128 megs of ram installed. The system will begin to
> > probe for devices then hang/lockup after probing for pnp devices. You
> > should just remove the 64 meg chip(bottum of latop, under small cover)
> then
> > you can use the PAO boot floppy, which will allows you to use a PCMIA
> > ethernet card(as long as it't supported), then once you have the system up
> > and running you need to add
> >
> > options "MAXMEM=(130496)
>
> You mean options "MAXMEM=(131072)" for 128MB of RAM.
No, this is the thing with IBM Thinkpads. You can't give them the full
128 MB. It can be almost anything lower but NOT 128MB! Funny isn't it?
:-)
>
> >
> > to the PAO kernel config file, recompile, reinstall the other 64 megs of
> > ram and everything should work.
> >
>
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