On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 12:47, Gary Parker wrote:
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: current-users-owner@NetBSD.org 
> > [mailto:current-users-owner@NetBSD.org] On Behalf Of Chris Laverdure
> > Sent: 15 September 2004 04:29
> > To: current-users@NetBSD.org
> > Subject: NetBSD-2.0 on a Sparcstation 1+
> > 
> > I tried a snapshot a while ago and the bootloader bombed with an
> > ambigious error number. After some research it seems to 
> > appear as though
> > my system doesn't have enough memory to load the kernel? I find this
> > hard to believe; it has 12MB of RAM. I would very much like to try
> > NetBSD 2.0 on my sparc. Does anyone have any hints? Is this 
> > supposed to
> > work? and if so is there anything I can do/anything you want 
> > me to do to
> > get more information?
> 
> The older sparcs can only load the kernel into the two lowest numbered
> memory slots on the board so make sure your two largest chips occupy those
> slots to make sure you have enough memory available.
> 
> Gary
> 

Ah, I did not know that. I am not sure if this rule applies to mine,
however. I have never opened it but I have a Sparcstation 1 motherboard
lying around and it has 12 memory slots. The conclusion I get is that
mine has 12 1MB chips. Regardless, the OpenBSD kernel I current have one
it (3.5 Generic) is 3,068,229 bytes. So either I am wrong about the
memory configuration of my system, or... something.