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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding memory to FreeBSD: where did it go? Date: 3 Jan 1997 19:27:55 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5ajmjr$ffk@raven.eva.net> References: <32CD1B09.261@sticky.usu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com Cc: hal@sticky.usu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33481 Hal Lynch (hal@sticky.usu.edu) wrote: : I added 32M to my freeBSD system and it dosen't show up when I : boot the system. How do I get FreeBSD to recognize the additional : memory????? : Here is what I know: : - OS is FreeBSD 2.1.5 : - Hardware is Compaq DeskPro 5100 That's the problem. You have a Compaq. This is one of many Compaqisms that make Compaqs very undesirable with respect to running any OS outside of MS-DOS, Windows and perhaps OS/2. I don't even know if Solaris x86 or SCO has a way to get around the Compaq problem. The Compaq BIOS maps and reports physical memory above 16 Mb in an 'undocumented' fashion. Compaq has been of very little help to the free *nix community in resolving this problem. : What I don't know: : - What do I need to do to make FreeBSD see all 48M of : memory? The simple solution is getting rid of the Compaq. Another option is replacing the BIOS with an AMI or Phoenix that works with your Deskpro 5100. To my knowledge there is no other way to get around this problem with Compaqs under *BSD or Linux. If someone knows a way, please post it, I'd like to know. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */