From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 1 18:36:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA25892 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:36:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA25820 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 18:35:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA09655; Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:24:34 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604020254.MAA09655@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 128 mb RAM To: hey@tuns.ca (Yingjun (Ian) He) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:24:34 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199604011451.GAA28452@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Yingjun (Ian) He" at Apr 1, 96 10:51:14 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yingjun (Ian) He stands accused of saying: > > I am running FreeBSD 2.05 on my Pentium 133 system. The GENERIC kernel > can only use about 13 mb of my 128mb RAM. I followed the FAQ advise to > add a kernel option > > options "MAXMEM=131072" > > and recompiled a new kernel. After I reboot the system, I saw the message: > > real memory : 133824572 (32672 pages) > bad memory : 1048576 (256 pages) > available memory: 13598720 (3320 pages) > > which means I can only use 13.5 mb of my 128mb RAM. It is very strange. > When I use the GENERIC kernel to boot the system, I have the following > message: Sounds like you have a 'memory hole'. Check your BIOS and make sure that it's disabled if it's an offered feature - the gap is about where you'd normally expect such a thing to be. > Ian Y.J. He ---> Home Page: http://www.tuns.ca/~hey -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[