Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:32:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: shibumi@cisco.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org>, Jonathan Kaplan <kaplan@ricochet.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thinkpad 600 Message-ID: <199810150132.SAA00632@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:47:14 PDT." <199810141947.MAA11114@thyme.cisco.com>
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> Tried it -- won't boot off the install disk. Acts the same as it did when it > crashed on booting a kernel that didn't deal with memory correctly. > > I'd build a special for it, but I'm not in the mood to pay for a special > system to baby-sit my laptop. I specifically wanted to hear from someone that could/would build a kernel with 'options "VM_86"' enabled. > > > Quoting Jonathan Kaplan (kaplan@ricochet.net): > > > > Randy, > > > > > > > > I'm unable to get FreeBSD 2.2.7 booted/installed onto my Thinkpad 600. I > > > > can sucessfully boot off the CD, but the system hangs shortly after I get > > > > through the configuration/conflict menu -- it burps out a short, rapid bu > rst > > > > of beeps and locks up. Its a plain vanilla system with 96M of memory, an > d I > > > > have RedHat 5.1 running without any problems. > > > > > > There is a problem with the way FreeBSD detechs memory on the ThinkPad 600. > > > > The problem is actually with the way that the TP600 responds to the > > memory probe technique that FreeBSD uses, but the results are the same. > > > > > I was able to get it to work in the following manner: > > > > > > Install FreeBSD with just the built-in memory (32 Meg). > > > > > > Rebuild the kernel with OPTION "MAXMEM=xxx" where xxx is > > > the amount of memory you will install (use the number that > > > show up when the machine is booting with all the memory). > > > > > > Install the new kernel, shut the box down, install the memory > > > and boot. > > > > I would be very interested to hear from anyone that is running -current > > on one of these systems; we have an improved memory-sizing algorithm > > available there which it would be desirable to test. > > > > -- > > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > | Kenton A. Hoover Network Team Manager | shibumi@cisco.com | > | Engineering Computer Services | | > | Cisco Systems, Inc. | +1.408.526.5249 | > |===================== http://www.shockwave.com/~shibumi ====================| > | "Israel will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the | > | Middle East... | > | | > | ...and we won't be the second either." | > | -- Israeli joke | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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