Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 12:53:57 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.3-R on Dell w/ DPT RAID Message-ID: <19990927125356.A23727@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <199909270116.SAA15376@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 06:16:09PM -0700 References: <19990924150956.C5560@numachi.com> <199909270116.SAA15376@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 06:16:09PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > We've told this machine via it's BIOS to pretend it only has 256M. > > > > When we try an install from the floppies, the mfsroot floppies > > panics with an 'pmap_enter: invalid page directory, pdir=0x601063, > > va=0xc2400000'. > > > > I have no idea what this error message means. > > It suggests that you have memory problems; have you tried physically > extracting most of the memory from the system? No; I instead used the BIOS's mechanism for artifically restricting available memory. (I had in fact also tried removing all but 512M from the machine, but to no avail.) I do have an update, however, I re-generated the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp floppies, and now, I can successfully launch the install program. We are re-configuring the RIAD controller now; once we have a core OS, with all memory enabled, I'll repor back... > -- > \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith > \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (781) 899-7484 x704 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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