Re: Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
Erik Carlseen wrote: Erik Carlseen wrote: Ted Unangst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Erik Carlseen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved? I'm trying to boot and OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 CD on an HP BL465c-G1 (dual Opteron 2216HE CPUs, 8GB RAM) and getting the following during the boot process (this is transcribed manually, so I apologize in advance for any typos): CD-ROM: 9F Loading /4.4/AMD64/CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[637K 255M 256M 2814M 4853M a20=on] disk: fd0 fd1 hd0+* cd0 OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 2.01 boot machine memory Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 637KB Region 1: type 2 at 0x9f400 for 3KB Region 2: type 2 at 0xf for 64KB Region 3: type 1 at 0x10 for 261120KB Region 4: type 1 at 0x1000 for 262144KB Region 5: type 1 at 0x2000 for 2881851KB Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Region 7: type 1 at 0xcfe56fc0 for 4 KB Region 8: type 2 at 0xcfe57fc0 for 1696KB Region 9: type 2 at 0xfec0 for 1024KB Region 10: type 2 at 0xfee0 for 64KB Region 11: type 2 at 0xffc0 for 4096KB Region 12: type 1 at 0x10 for 4980732KB Something like machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] here. Check the numbers, and I've never actually tried this. Ted, thanks for the suggestion... I new think I've gotten the hang of this removing memory blocks thing but it hasn't gotten me very far (see below). Low ram: 637KB High ram: 3405115KB Total free memory: 8386488KB boot boot booting cd0a:/4.4/amd64/bsd.rd: 2561344+548422+2799208+0+492560 [80+259200+161660]=0xa82360 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 2448b12, 840a304] Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB panic: init_x86_64: can't find end of memory The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Is there any way to get this to start, other than driving my lazy self 100 miles to the data center and yanking 4GB out of it? Any help, thoughts, and criticism that doesn't involve suicide booths is appreciated. -Erik I started out getting rid of Region 12 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] No dice - same problem. So in addition to axing Region 12, I tried paring down Region 5 bit-by-bit (pun semi-intended), to the point where I was eliminating it completely: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, I rounded the value up a bit - there seems to be a rounding error in the amount of memory reported; this seems to get rid of it without affecting the next block. In any case, it still wouldn't boot. I got extreme and eliminated Regions 5, 6, and 12: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm down to just under 256MB of RAM and I'm still stuck on the same error during the boot process. It's still exactly the same as transcribed below, except that the Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB message is no longer there (for obvious reasons). Any additional ideas would be appreciated. -Erik Apparently I've fixed my own problem - I needed to also delete the memory at Region 6 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll try adding back in some of the other regions and post my results to the list in case anyone else winds up with the same problem. -Erik OK, here are the boot commands I used to get the installation process going (munged slightly so they don't get deleted as e-mail addresses): machine memory -0x1c000 [at] = 0x1 machine memory -0x1000 [at] 0xcfe56fc0 machine memory -0xafe4f000 [at] 0x2000 machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] This eliminated all but about 256MB of RAM. After the installation completed, I experimented a bit and found that I only needed the following line in boot.conf: machine memory -0x1000 [at] 0xcfe56fc0 Your mileage may vary. In fact, your mileage will almost certainly vary unless you're using a very similar machine, chipset, etc. Here's the rub, though - it's still not using the 4GB of RAM at 0x1. My dmesg output is below. If any kernel hacker is slumming over here in misc land and wants to take a crack at this machine, I can probably arrange remote access (e-mail me). -Erik OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1562: Tue Aug 12 17:15:53 MDT 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC real mem = 3474673664 (3313MB) avail mem = 3371139072 (3214MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xee000 (64 entries) bios0: vendor HP version A13 date 09/23/2007 bios0: HP ProLiant BL465c G1 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SPCR MCFG HPET SPMI ERST APIC BERT HEST acpi0: wakeup devices acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318180 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 2 (IPPB) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXBA) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 12 (EXBB) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 20 (SASB) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 22 (EXBD) acpiprt6 at
Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved? I'm trying to boot and OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 CD on an HP BL465c-G1 (dual Opteron 2216HE CPUs, 8GB RAM) and getting the following during the boot process (this is transcribed manually, so I apologize in advance for any typos): CD-ROM: 9F Loading /4.4/AMD64/CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[637K 255M 256M 2814M 4853M a20=on] disk: fd0 fd1 hd0+* cd0 OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 2.01 boot machine memory Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 637KB Region 1: type 2 at 0x9f400 for 3KB Region 2: type 2 at 0xf for 64KB Region 3: type 1 at 0x10 for 261120KB Region 4: type 1 at 0x1000 for 262144KB Region 5: type 1 at 0x2000 for 2881851KB Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Region 7: type 1 at 0xcfe56fc0 for 4 KB Region 8: type 2 at 0xcfe57fc0 for 1696KB Region 9: type 2 at 0xfec0 for 1024KB Region 10: type 2 at 0xfee0 for 64KB Region 11: type 2 at 0xffc0 for 4096KB Region 12: type 1 at 0x10 for 4980732KB Low ram: 637KB High ram: 3405115KB Total free memory: 8386488KB boot boot booting cd0a:/4.4/amd64/bsd.rd: 2561344+548422+2799208+0+492560 [80+259200+161660]=0xa82360 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 2448b12, 840a304] Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB panic: init_x86_64: can't find end of memory The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Is there any way to get this to start, other than driving my lazy self 100 miles to the data center and yanking 4GB out of it? Any help, thoughts, and criticism that doesn't involve suicide booths is appreciated. -Erik
Re: Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Erik Carlseen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved? I'm trying to boot and OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 CD on an HP BL465c-G1 (dual Opteron 2216HE CPUs, 8GB RAM) and getting the following during the boot process (this is transcribed manually, so I apologize in advance for any typos): CD-ROM: 9F Loading /4.4/AMD64/CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[637K 255M 256M 2814M 4853M a20=on] disk: fd0 fd1 hd0+* cd0 OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 2.01 boot machine memory Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 637KB Region 1: type 2 at 0x9f400 for 3KB Region 2: type 2 at 0xf for 64KB Region 3: type 1 at 0x10 for 261120KB Region 4: type 1 at 0x1000 for 262144KB Region 5: type 1 at 0x2000 for 2881851KB Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Region 7: type 1 at 0xcfe56fc0 for 4 KB Region 8: type 2 at 0xcfe57fc0 for 1696KB Region 9: type 2 at 0xfec0 for 1024KB Region 10: type 2 at 0xfee0 for 64KB Region 11: type 2 at 0xffc0 for 4096KB Region 12: type 1 at 0x10 for 4980732KB Something like machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] here. Check the numbers, and I've never actually tried this. Low ram: 637KB High ram: 3405115KB Total free memory: 8386488KB boot boot booting cd0a:/4.4/amd64/bsd.rd: 2561344+548422+2799208+0+492560 [80+259200+161660]=0xa82360 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 2448b12, 840a304] Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB panic: init_x86_64: can't find end of memory The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Is there any way to get this to start, other than driving my lazy self 100 miles to the data center and yanking 4GB out of it? Any help, thoughts, and criticism that doesn't involve suicide booths is appreciated. -Erik
Re: Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
Ted Unangst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Erik Carlseen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved? I'm trying to boot and OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 CD on an HP BL465c-G1 (dual Opteron 2216HE CPUs, 8GB RAM) and getting the following during the boot process (this is transcribed manually, so I apologize in advance for any typos): CD-ROM: 9F Loading /4.4/AMD64/CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[637K 255M 256M 2814M 4853M a20=on] disk: fd0 fd1 hd0+* cd0 OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 2.01 boot machine memory Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 637KB Region 1: type 2 at 0x9f400 for 3KB Region 2: type 2 at 0xf for 64KB Region 3: type 1 at 0x10 for 261120KB Region 4: type 1 at 0x1000 for 262144KB Region 5: type 1 at 0x2000 for 2881851KB Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Region 7: type 1 at 0xcfe56fc0 for 4 KB Region 8: type 2 at 0xcfe57fc0 for 1696KB Region 9: type 2 at 0xfec0 for 1024KB Region 10: type 2 at 0xfee0 for 64KB Region 11: type 2 at 0xffc0 for 4096KB Region 12: type 1 at 0x10 for 4980732KB Something like machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] here. Check the numbers, and I've never actually tried this. Ted, thanks for the suggestion... I new think I've gotten the hang of this removing memory blocks thing but it hasn't gotten me very far (see below). Low ram: 637KB High ram: 3405115KB Total free memory: 8386488KB boot boot booting cd0a:/4.4/amd64/bsd.rd: 2561344+548422+2799208+0+492560 [80+259200+161660]=0xa82360 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 2448b12, 840a304] Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB panic: init_x86_64: can't find end of memory The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Is there any way to get this to start, other than driving my lazy self 100 miles to the data center and yanking 4GB out of it? Any help, thoughts, and criticism that doesn't involve suicide booths is appreciated. -Erik I started out getting rid of Region 12 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] No dice - same problem. So in addition to axing Region 12, I tried paring down Region 5 bit-by-bit (pun semi-intended), to the point where I was eliminating it completely: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, I rounded the value up a bit - there seems to be a rounding error in the amount of memory reported; this seems to get rid of it without affecting the next block. In any case, it still wouldn't boot. I got extreme and eliminated Regions 5, 6, and 12: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm down to just under 256MB of RAM and I'm still stuck on the same error during the boot process. It's still exactly the same as transcribed below, except that the Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB message is no longer there (for obvious reasons). Any additional ideas would be appreciated. -Erik
Re: Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
Erik Carlseen wrote: Ted Unangst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Erik Carlseen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if this issue has been resolved? I'm trying to boot and OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 CD on an HP BL465c-G1 (dual Opteron 2216HE CPUs, 8GB RAM) and getting the following during the boot process (this is transcribed manually, so I apologize in advance for any typos): CD-ROM: 9F Loading /4.4/AMD64/CDBOOT probing: pc0 com0 com1 mem[637K 255M 256M 2814M 4853M a20=on] disk: fd0 fd1 hd0+* cd0 OpenBSD/amd64 CDBOOT 2.01 boot machine memory Region 0: type 1 at 0x0 for 637KB Region 1: type 2 at 0x9f400 for 3KB Region 2: type 2 at 0xf for 64KB Region 3: type 1 at 0x10 for 261120KB Region 4: type 1 at 0x1000 for 262144KB Region 5: type 1 at 0x2000 for 2881851KB Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Region 7: type 1 at 0xcfe56fc0 for 4 KB Region 8: type 2 at 0xcfe57fc0 for 1696KB Region 9: type 2 at 0xfec0 for 1024KB Region 10: type 2 at 0xfee0 for 64KB Region 11: type 2 at 0xffc0 for 4096KB Region 12: type 1 at 0x10 for 4980732KB Something like machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] here. Check the numbers, and I've never actually tried this. Ted, thanks for the suggestion... I new think I've gotten the hang of this removing memory blocks thing but it hasn't gotten me very far (see below). Low ram: 637KB High ram: 3405115KB Total free memory: 8386488KB boot boot booting cd0a:/4.4/amd64/bsd.rd: 2561344+548422+2799208+0+492560 [80+259200+161660]=0xa82360 entry point at 0x1001e0 [7205c766, 3404, 2448b12, 840a304] Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB panic: init_x86_64: can't find end of memory The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot. Is there any way to get this to start, other than driving my lazy self 100 miles to the data center and yanking 4GB out of it? Any help, thoughts, and criticism that doesn't involve suicide booths is appreciated. -Erik I started out getting rid of Region 12 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] No dice - same problem. So in addition to axing Region 12, I tried paring down Region 5 bit-by-bit (pun semi-intended), to the point where I was eliminating it completely: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, I rounded the value up a bit - there seems to be a rounding error in the amount of memory reported; this seems to get rid of it without affecting the next block. In any case, it still wouldn't boot. I got extreme and eliminated Regions 5, 6, and 12: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm down to just under 256MB of RAM and I'm still stuck on the same error during the boot process. It's still exactly the same as transcribed below, except that the Ignoring 4863MB above 4GB message is no longer there (for obvious reasons). Any additional ideas would be appreciated. -Erik Apparently I've fixed my own problem - I needed to also delete the memory at Region 6 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll try adding back in some of the other regions and post my results to the list in case anyone else winds up with the same problem. -Erik
Re: Installing OpenBSD 4.4 AMD64 with more than 4GB
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Erik Carlseen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Region 6: type 3 at 0xcfe4efc0 for 32KB Apparently I've fixed my own problem - I needed to also delete the memory at Region 6 with this command: machine memory [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll try adding back in some of the other regions and post my results to the list in case anyone else winds up with the same problem. There was some work done to auto skip very small regions like this, but I'd have to check on the status of that.
