16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1?

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/27/06, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 11:00:30 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> >On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000
> >Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy at optushome.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I
> >> checked.
> >
> >And I guess that the floppies work in the same way?
>
> Yes.
>
> >> Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB
> >> (though not very happily).
> >
> >Hmm, I see. I'm planning to run X on this old box (it's going to be a
> >PictureFrame project), perhaps that will not work.
>
> I think you would be thrashing if there was any actual activity.  I'll
> prod a friend with the same setup to comment tomorrow.
>
> >> I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to
> >> expand it.
> >
> >Ok. Are all SODIMMs equal (ie. a real standard), or do I hvae to look
> >specifically for memory upgrades for the Armada 1580 (or 1500 series)?
>
> I'm 99% certain that you can't use anything bigger than 64MB (at least
> a 128MB Cpq Armada SODIMM that I had wouldn't work in any of the 15xx
> machines I tried it in - that included a 1580).  I'm not sure how
> interchangeable they are.
>

Max mem size and chip density is a function of the MCH, If you post a
copy of dmesg here I can look it up for you.

>From the service manual:
"The computer supports optional 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64-MB memory boards.
The memory boards are 60 ns EDO RAM without parity. System memory can
be expanded to 80-MB of DRAM depending on the model."

The Service Manual is here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=96219&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc00139858%2Fc00139858.pdf

And Addendum to the service manual is here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/CoreRedirect.jsp?redirectReason=DocIndexPDF&prodSeriesId=96219&targetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fh20000.www2.hp.com%2Fbc%2Fdocs%2Fsupport%2FSupportManual%2Fc00139129%2Fc00139129.pdf



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