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From: sdrumm@iol.ie (Stephen Drumm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't boot 2.1 with 16MB?
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 21:20:03 GMT
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tushar@ecpi.com (Tushar Patel) wrote:
>Hi,
>I had 386 machine with 8MB of ram and running 2.1 FreeBSD on it fine.
>I put 16MB of memory and when I try to boot now then I get following
>message.
Assuming they are 4 or 8 MB Simms are they the same speed & parity as
the original Simms or did you remove the originals and replace? If
the former then:
* try booting using a DOS boot diskette - is it OK? Does the
CMOS know about the 16MB?
* try just to use the old 8MB and then just the new 8MB - is
this OK?
* try the new and old 8MB Simms in opposite Simm Slots (or
pairs of Slots) - does this change the picture. Maybe one
is slower then the other, but if met by the bios first, they
all slow down enought (not a great idea but anyway you get
the MB's)
* Are the old and new simms parity and non-parity. Maybe you
just can't mix
otherwise, if the latter then:
* try the originals again. Remove, try the new, does the CMOS
setting need to be changed? Can you boot from a DOS floppy?
* is the new memory parity or non-parity? Maybe there is a CMOS
setting to cater for this?
In short is sounds like you need to be sure your new memory is OK
before proceeding.
Stephen Drumm
Broadstone, Dublin 7
http://www.iol.ie/~sdrumm
sdrumm@iol.ie