Christopher Smith wrote: [...]
I have a Compaq Armada M700 that I used for a firewall. I've recently upgraded the memory in it to 320MB (64MB onboard + 256MB). The machine detects the memory fine. The FreeBSD bootloader detects the memory fine. However, when the kernel boots it only detects 64MB.
I don't know if this is related but I'll post anyways hoping to help you.
I have an older Armada laptop which has the same problem, however it's running OpenBSD. I remember reading that the BIOS of the laptop wouldn't announce the right amount of physical memory to the kernel. The solution (for OpenBSD) is to add a line that reads
machine mem [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to /etc/boot.conf - Note that this is for 32MB onboard + 32MB in the add. slot.
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I realise I can use "options MAXMEM" to manually specify the amount of RAM in the machine, but it just struck me as rather strange that it detects 192MB fine but not 320MB (particularly since the bootloader sees it all).
Try it. See if it works. I think it's pretty much the same thing I did with my OpenBSD laptop.
Regards,
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