Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:58:06 -0400 From: "Tenacious" <tMind@bigfoot.com> To: "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "Christian Helms" <chris@helmsnet.de> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Memory hole ????? Message-ID: <00d401beac36$c6cd3020$3c29a8c0@tci.rdo> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905312257460.4498-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Yes, I have the same experience. Change all your ram and start over. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Christian Helms <chris@helmsnet.de> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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
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