SPARC 10 memory installation order below: front of SS10 SIMM 7 SIMM 2 SIMM 5 SIMM 4 SIMM 6 SIMM 3 SIMM 8 SIMM 1 rear of SS10 (where the ports are)
Josh Kuperman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:58:46PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > > How do I tell what I'm missing, here. The manual says that it should > > > install fine with two processors in the machine even though it will > > > only use one until I rebuild the kernel. I didn't have any problems > > > with less memory - whats causing the problem? > > > > do this at the PROM: > > printenv > > And look for the self-test memory. Does it match you actual memory? If > > not: > > > > setenv selftest-#megs 512 > > > > Well this helped me figure out what was going on. I kept taking things > out of the system, the second CPU, the disks, and RAM until I could > boot off the CDROM. I didn't retry all the possiblities - but as far > as I can tell. > > 1. There is a problem running the install from the Slink CDROM with > more than 320MBs of RAM. That is the largest amount that I could > use. Maybe there is some problem with the kernel that boots up > initially. > > 2. Regardless of the amount of RAM, there needs to be memory in the > backmost memory slot. (Or as I now think of it - the one you need > empty to remove or put in the second CPU.) > > -- > Josh Kuperman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tad Bilby Rave Computer Assoc. 800-966-7283
