Subject: RE: init386: can't find end of memory
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Bevan Anderson <bevan.anderson@unicity.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/16/2000 14:46:01
>
> Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com> typed:
> :I'm trying to install the 20001014 snapshot on a 486 laptop of mine with
> :the boot-tiny disk, but I get the error "panic: init386: can't find end
> :of memory".
> :there's only 8MB of RAM: is there any way to specify this to the kernel?
> :processor is 486SLC/25.
>
> I had this yesterday (on an 8MB 486DX) and a "options REALEXTMEM=7168" type
> line didn't help - but since I haven't been able to update by anoncvs (via
> ssh) sources in a few days I don't know if it's been fixed - however I don't
> remember any source-changes messages indicating it.  If it hasn't been fixed
> when anoncvs comes back up, I guess a PR's in order.


I'm seeing the same problem on a Toshiba 470CDT (P200 MMX) with 64 Mb memory. An
options REALEXTMEM= doesnt fix it for me either. This is for kernels built
against
-current, as opposed to ones against the ALPHA2 snapshot...

Bevan..