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| author | Peter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-05-13 22:01:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-05-13 22:01:50 +0000 |
| commit | 09f810396dde93bfba265dd56b2290f358aeb343 (patch) | |
| tree | a2f33e3663778eb23e78eab1db06c5fdfc9f935b /FAQ/FAQ.sgml | |
| parent | 47d8fbb519d383ca24f72309a575d6bbea5d6b4d (diff) | |
Add a comment to the >16M and >64M entries for lying COMPAQ BIOSes.
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diff --git a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 97a06addde..2cbc17e66a 100644 --- a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> -<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.53 1997-05-07 16:32:31 wosch Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.54 1997-05-13 22:01:50 pds Exp $ --> <article> <title>Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -<date>$Date: 1997-05-07 16:32:31 $</date> +<date>$Date: 1997-05-13 22:01:50 $</date> <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are @@ -1012,7 +1012,9 @@ drivedata: 0 one or two broken EISA and VLB devices may need it as well). Also look at the section on <ref id="reallybigram" - name=">64M machines"> if you have that much memory. + name=">64M machines"> if you have that much memory, + or if you're using a Compaq or other BIOS that lies about + the available memory. <sect1> <heading>I keep seeing messages like ``<tt/ed1: timeout/''.</heading> @@ -2799,7 +2801,9 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 Due to the manner in which FreeBSD gets the memory size from the BIOS, it can only detect 16 bits worth of Kbytes in size (65535 Kbytes = 64MB). If you have more than 64MB, FreeBSD will only see - the first 64MB. To work around this problem, you need to use the + the first 64MB (or less... some BIOSes peg the memory size to 16M). + + To work around this problem, you need to use the kernel option specified below. There is a way to get complete memory information from the BIOS, but we don't have room in the bootblocks to do it. Someday when lack of room in the bootblocks @@ -2812,7 +2816,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 </tt> Where <tt/n/ is your memory in Kilobytes. For a 128 MB machine, - you'd want to use <tt/131072/ + you'd want to use <tt/131072/. <sect1> <heading>FreeBSD 2.0 panics with ``kmem_map too small!''</heading> |