Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:07:28 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Jay Bratcher <jayb@netjava.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD can't find 32M of my 48M without help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980323105949.14660B-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3516890D.1C25FB46@netjava.com>
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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Jay Bratcher wrote: > Chris Dillon wrote: > > Of the few Compaq machines that I have installed FreeBSD on, RAM over 16MB > > was never recognized and had to be explicitly set with MAXMEM in the > > kernel. > > Incidentally, this is not unique to FreeBSD - Linux suffers from the > same problem, at least on the DeskPro 2000 series... I wouldn't doubt this at all. While Compaq's are sometimes pretty good machines, they sure do throw in their share of proprietary junk. In Compaq's favor, the Prosignia VS server I installed 2.2.5 on has been running flawlessly and has an uptime of 16 days right now and rising (would be about 46 days if I had realized it wasn't plugged into the UPS.. sigh..), and I only set the box up about 48 days ago. :-) The onboard SCSI controller (53c710 I think it was) was not supported, nor was the additional Compaq EISA Wide SCSI controller we have. No big deal, since we already had an Adaptec 2740 for it also. :-) -- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@inter-linc.net --- cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us /* Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet. Available for Intel x86 and compatible computers. SPARC and Alpha ports currently under development. (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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