A FreeBSD 7.0-REL disc exhibited the same errors... BUT... The problem turned out to be the RAM itself. Either I have a bad stick or the board acted funny when mixing ECC and non ECC RAM even with ECC turned off in the BIOS. I've replaced the three sticks with three known working non-ECC ones and everything is detected fine.
Sorry for the quick trigger... Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 ----- "Scott Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Tim Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Good evening all- > > > > I've just booted the latest 1.2.1-RC2 LiveCD on an old 1U network > appliance. The embedded board is made by Force computing and has a > fanless 600mhz Celeron onboard with 320MB RAM (2x 128 + 1x 64). The > BIOS displays the proper amount of RAM with no problems and so does > the initial FreeBSD/pfSense bootloader. However, during bootup, I'm > informed that I am required to have at least 128MB of RAM and that I > only have 64MB. A quick dmesg shows the kernel *REALLY* does think I > only have 64MB. Being slightly confused, I threw in my trust > 1.2-RELEASE LiveCD which promptly boots up with no problems and sees > all of my RAM. Is this a known bug or am I the *lucky* winner in the > "pfSense Find-A-Bug Contest"? :-D > > > > All thoughts, comments, etc welcome. Thanks! > > Sounds like a FreeBSD regression. Please try booting a FreeBSD > 7.0-REL disk and see if the problem occurs that to rule out our > custom > packages as a starter. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
