FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 problem on IBM @server 325 type 8835

[Claus Guttesen]

I assume that you managed to install the amd64-port
and booted rebooted.

> >It may not probe the amount of RAM correctly. You
> can
> >try adding hw.physmem=8G to /boot/loader.conf.
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Add the line hw.physmem=8G to the above mentioned
file.

> 
> You mean from boot prompt? I tried to boot both AMD
> and x86 installation 
> CD. FreeBSD 5.3-RC1-x86 can't recognize 8GB RAM.

Could you supply a dmesg, type dmesg at the console.

Claus