Re: Installation woes get worse
SPARC 10 memory installation order below:
front of SS10
SIMM 7
SIMM 2
SIMM 5
SIMM 4
SIMM 6
SIMM 3
SIMM 8
SIMM 1
rear of SS10 (where the ports are)
Josh Kuperman wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:58:46PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > How do I tell what I'm missing, here. The manual says that it should
> > > install fine with two processors in the machine even though it will
> > > only use one until I rebuild the kernel. I didn't have any problems
> > > with less memory - whats causing the problem?
> >
> > do this at the PROM:
> > printenv
> > And look for the self-test memory. Does it match you actual memory? If
> > not:
> >
> > setenv selftest-#megs 512
> >
>
> Well this helped me figure out what was going on. I kept taking things
> out of the system, the second CPU, the disks, and RAM until I could
> boot off the CDROM. I didn't retry all the possiblities - but as far
> as I can tell.
>
> 1. There is a problem running the install from the Slink CDROM with
> more than 320MBs of RAM. That is the largest amount that I could
> use. Maybe there is some problem with the kernel that boots up
> initially.
>
> 2. Regardless of the amount of RAM, there needs to be memory in the
> backmost memory slot. (Or as I now think of it - the one you need
> empty to remove or put in the second CPU.)
>
> --
> Josh Kuperman
> josh@saratoga.lib.ny.us
>
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