From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 11 06:02:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA04435 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:02:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay2.mail.uk.psi.net (sys1.london.uk.psi.net [154.32.108.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA04418 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:02:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net [154.32.106.14]) by relay2.mail.uk.psi.net (8.8.4/) with ESMTP id OAA08082; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:02:24 GMT Received: by sys4.cambridge.uk.psi.net (8.7.5/SMI-5.5-UKPSINet) id NAA00504; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 13:48:53 GMT Received: from infodev.nadt.org.uk (infodev.nadt.org.uk [194.155.224.205]) by charlie.nadt.org.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA03992; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 11:31:00 GMT Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970311113054.006ba22c@wrcmail> X-Sender: robmel@wrcmail X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 11:30:54 +0000 To: Doug White , Andrew From: Robin Melville Subject: Re: Invisible memory on on Compaq prolinea Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Robin Melville wrote: > >> I'm running a Compaq Prolinea 5/90 as an X workstation under FreeBSD 2.10 >> (pending the 2.2 release). I upgraded from 16 to 32Mb but although the bios >> reports the added memory on boot, FreeBSD can't see it... At 10:17 10/03/97 -0800, Doug White wrote: >My guess would be Compaq wierdness. You may be afflicted with the same >bug as someone else here. Try rebuilding your kernel with options >"MAXMEM=32768" and see if that helps. It worked, thanks. Robin. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------