Re: RAM check - Followup question
It might be as simple as the bios settings. Which memtest tests gave errors? Assuming that you have not upgraded the ram or anything like that, it is probably the chipset. What type of chipset do you have? On 1/27/06, Philip Juels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curious...the system is a Dell Optiplex GX270...RAM system is PC3200 2x512MB DIMMs in a the dual-channel arrangment. If I run memtest against this setup, I get numerous errors. However, if run memtest with only one DIMM installed (either one), I get no reported errors. Would this still be an issue with the DIMMs or something wrong with the mobo? PJ PS...pardon me for asking a hardware question on a FreeBSD list :-) Philip Juels wrote: Thanks...I downloaded the iso and memtest confirmed that the system has memory problems. PJ Noel Jones wrote: On 1/26/06, Philip Juels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running into random seg faults during KDE and Gnome compilation, and I and others on the list suspect faulty RAM. Are there any utils out there that can test/diagnose RAM (aside from the laughable BIOS POST). http://www.memtest86.com/ http://www.memtest.org/ -- Noel Jones ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BTX halt on laptop
On 11/13/05, Dinesh Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/14/05 07:54 Billy Tallis said the following: I am trying to install FreeBSD 6 on a Toshiba Sat. Pro 445CDX laptop with no floppy drive. This laptop has a pentium processor and 16MB of ram. 16MB of RAM, that doesnt sound like much. The amount of RAM may limit the usability of the system, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with the bootloader. The real problem is that BTX never gets around to loading any kernel. From the information I have found online, BTX does not seem to be as reliable as loaders such as isolinux, which has no trouble on the laptop. I just want to know if there are ways to boot a bsd kernel on this laptop, which has no floppy and a cardbus ethernet nic. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BTX halt on laptop
On 11/14/05, Dinesh Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/14/05 23:56 Billy Tallis said the following: The real problem is that BTX never gets around to loading any kernel. what are the errors you're getting at the btx boot: prompt ? There are no errors at the boot: prompt. It is when I hit enter to actually boot that I get a register dump followed by the message BTX halted and the screeen blanks. From here, I have to press the reset button. I never see the copyright messages from the kernel. It seems that DMA can cause this problem, so I did what I could to turn it off in the bios, to no avail. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTX halt on laptop
I am trying to install FreeBSD 6 on a Toshiba Sat. Pro 445CDX laptop with no floppy drive. This laptop has a pentium processor and 16MB of ram. When I boot to the installation cd, I get the register dump and BTX halted message, and the screen then goes blank but the power stays on. I have disabled as much as possible in the BIOS, including EIDE, but nothing changes. Is there any way to get BSD to install without using the BTX loader on the CD? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
