"Karl O. Pinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> FYI,
>
> Running OpenBSD 4.0 stable, 32MB RAM, 3 identical
> nics.
>
> One symptom of running out of RAM is getting a
> panic on boot. The system boots fine with bsd.rd,
> but try to boot with the bsd image and you get
> (from handwritten notes):
>
I had OpenBSD running on an old HP OmniBook 7150 with 64M
RAM, and it worked sort of fine. The snag was that if I
booted, then started X (yes, it did start), inserting
a USB disk failed because then the kernel could not
allocate some memory buffer for the usbmass driver.
So 64M sort of works, but
Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 07/06/2007 06:46:26 PM, Chris Smith wrote:
>>> I assume the problem is not enough RAM because when I
>>> add more RAM everything works fine.
>>
>> Repeatable? Sure you've ruled out a seating problem?
>
> Yes, repeatable.
yep, I'd believe that.
Some time back (3.6?), whe
On 07/06/2007 06:46:26 PM, Chris Smith wrote:
I assume the problem is not enough RAM because when I
add more RAM everything works fine.
Repeatable? Sure you've ruled out a seating problem?
Yes, repeatable.
I didn't try to reseat the nic (or the ram), but it worked
fine booting from the bsd.r
I assume the problem is not enough RAM because when I
add more RAM everything works fine.
Repeatable? Sure you've ruled out a seating problem?
R,
C
FYI,
Running OpenBSD 4.0 stable, 32MB RAM, 3 identical
nics.
One symptom of running out of RAM is getting a
panic on boot. The system boots fine with bsd.rd,
but try to boot with the bsd image and you get
(from handwritten notes):
bmtphy1 at dcl phy1; BCM5201 10/100, rev. 2
dc2 at pci0 dev 12
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