Re: Dual Opteron 248s w/ 8GB RAM on Tyan K8W (S2885)

Tom Vier
2004-05-03T01:45:07Z

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 07:01:38AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> It can't be. The only CPU(s) that would know anything about it and
> thus be able to use that RAM are running the operating system.

unless it's reserving it for cross-boot data. i remember there being some
error (ecc, machine checks?) logging option in the bios setup. *shrug* i
don't know much about x86(-64) bios. openboot and srm do save state, since
you can drop back to them without rebooting.

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