Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:11:07 +0200 From: Michel Quadflieg <michel@quadspeed.com> To: Zheng Bokui <bokui@sin.photronics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory Message-ID: <4.1.19990426110849.0093c450@area51> In-Reply-To: <3724AD8C.613F39F6@sin.photronics.com>
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HI, I installed FreeBSD some weeks ago on a compaq and had the same problem. There seems to be an error in the BIOS of some earlie compaq's. I just flashed the BIOS and it was working immediarly. So go over to http://www.compaq.com and install a new bios and the problem will be fixed. Michel At 10:16 26/4/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, >I'm new to freebsd and just installed FreeBSD 3.1-stable in my old >Compaq prolinea 5100e PC (Pentium/100 CPU, 32MB RAM and 2.5GB HDD). But >the machine seems only use 16MB RAM. Here is part of the output from >dmesg: > > >Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. >Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights >reserved. >FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 15 11:08:08 GMT 1999 > jkh@usw3.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC >Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz >CPU: Pentium/P54C (75.17-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x526 Stepping=6 > Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> >real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) >avail memory = 13307904 (12996K bytes) >Bad BIOS32 Service Directory! >Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf0340000. >Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: >chip0: <Host to PCI bridge (vendor=1004 device=0007)> rev 0x01 on >pci0.0.0 >chip1: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=1004 device=0008)> rev 0x01 on >pci0.1.0 >vga0: <Cirrus Logic GD5434 SVGA controller> rev 0xfc on pci0.2.0 >wdc0: <CMD 640B IDE> rev 0x02 int a irq 14 on pci0.3.0 >xl0: <3Com 3c905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x24 int a irq 11 >on pci0. >20.0 >xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:4b:0e:e8:c1 >xl0: autoneg complete, link status good (half-duplex, 10Mbps) > > > >What's going wrong here? How can I use all the 32MB RAM? > >TIA, >Bokui > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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