Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:30:13 +0200 From: Christian Helms <chris@helmsnet.de> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Memory hole ????? Message-ID: <6729.990601@helmsnet.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905312257460.4498-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905312257460.4498-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Hello Doug, DW> How much memory does FreeBSD see if you turn this on? it can see all 64 MB DW> Perhaps the other SIMM is bad? the SIMMs are from 2 different manufacturers. is freeBSD sort of sensible to this ? all other operating systems work fine with these SIMMs (SCO,Linux, Netware5, NT4, W95) Best regards, Christian mailto:chris@helmsnet.de DW> On Mon, 31 May 1999, Christian Helms wrote: >> Hello , >> can anyone help me ? strange things happen when I try to >> install freeBSD 3.1 on my system (P100, FIC Board with 64MB RAM, Award >> BIOS from '95). >> After putting the 2nd install disk in, the computer hangs. when I >> reduce my memory to 32 MB, everything goes fine. I also checked the >> other 32 MB and there weren't any problems. As I want to use my full >> 64 MB RAM, I tried to find any BIOS settings for the memory. So, when I >> enable the 'Memory Hole At 15MB Addr.', I can install and boot BSD >> without problems. Could anyone please explain me what this setting >> means ? And is there another way to get rid of the problem because with this >> setting I cannot boot my other operating systems ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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