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- From: tjw00@zombie.uucp (Tom Wye)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Does 386BSD work on systems with 20 megabytes of memory! HELP!
- Message-ID: <287902vW30DE01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:09:29 GMT
- Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com
- Distribution: comp.unix.bsd
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation
- Lines: 31
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- Does 386BSD work on machines with 20 megabytes of memory or more? HELP!!!!
-
- The system slowly crashs and burns when I boot with 20 megabytes of storage
- installed. The same kernel runs ok with 4 megabytes.
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- My configuration is as follows:
-
- PC Clone
- Motherboard: NICE 486DX50 Mhz 256K cache
- AMI BIOS
- Memory in bank 0 - 4 x 1m sims for 4M
- Memory in bank 1 - 4 x 4m sims for 16M
- Adaptec 1542BB
-
- With 4 megabytes of memory installed I can rebuild the kernel!
-
- Kernal rebuilt (GENERICISA) with Terry Lamberts patch kit all patches
- except Patch00026, 27 and Patch00056 included.
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- Symptom (same kernel ok with only 4 megabytes of memory)
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- With 20 megabytes installed. The system panics in various places.
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- Example:
-
- I boot the system with 20M installed, the system comes up ok, but various
- commands will die. Do a MAKE and I get a "Bus error" *** error code 138.
- Do a ls and get a core dump. But in most cases the entire system panics and
- either hangs or reboots. Seems the file system gets pretty messed up too.
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- So any HELP would be appreciated!
-