Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:40:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ringlord <ringlord@twc-online.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel and memory problems still there. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215114007.292k-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212162311.7446A-100000@twc-online.com>
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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, ringlord wrote: > Hello to all. > First off, I would like to thank those who responded to my question > yesterday regarding maxmem option in the kernel config file. > I have compiled a new kernel and all has gone well as far as the kernel is > concerned. > However, this strange memory reporting problem still is evident. > I am going to include some snips of my /var/log/messages file as well as > part of my kernel config file. > You will see that the memory is being reported differently between two > kernels. > > Dec 10 16:11:24 twc-online /kernel: real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > Dec 10 16:11:24 twc-online /kernel: avail memory = 127176704 (124196K bytes) > Dec 12 02:55:50 twc-online /kernel: real memory = 100663296 (98304K bytes) > Dec 12 02:55:50 twc-online /kernel: avail memory = 96980992 (94708K bytes) > You will notice the different memory report totals here. > To make this even stranger, the reason I compiled the new kernel in the > first place was because after that first initial report of memory at the > top of this exerpt, the memory had been reported at just over 100 megs, it > is still doing that even with this new kernel. > Here is a part of my kernel config file.. > > options "MAXMEM=131072" Does your BIOS see that memory? It looks like a flaky SIMM. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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