Conference noted::netware

2145.0. "memory registration on NW4.10" by CGOOA::SMCLEAN () Wed May 28 1997 14:58

        I have a client that has a Prioris ZX5133/2 and Novell Netware 4.10
        with 256MB of RAM.  He is having a problem registering memory as
        discribed below.
    
    Cross posted in the Prioris Conference as 273.0
        
        Any Ideas?
        
        Thanks Steve...
        DTN 638-6941
        
    P.S. himem.sys is not loaded in the config.sys
    
    The client has spoken with Novell, Novell has told him it is either a
    BIOS or hardware issue and to call the HW manufacturer.
    
    I have asked the client to provide a CONFIG report, if I can not
    resolve soon I will escalate to eng.
    
    
        Problem:
        Netware 4.10 console gives following message when trying to mount a 
        drive/cdrom/nfs_drive, Cache memory allocator out of available memory
        Presently I am registering memory above 16Mbytes manually, and this
        reports ~ 256Mb RAM.
        Novell TID2905552 states that one should *NOT* register memory
        manually, as it causes fragmentation.
        When I do not register memory manually, I Netware only sees 74,991K
        RAM.
        This is not good.
        In speaking with a Novell engineer, it was suggested that I
        contact DEC to see if there is a BIOS update.
        Any help would be appreciated.
        NOTES:
        256 Mbytes RAM
        Bios 1.00.07.BG0
        Netware 4.10 (all but very latest patches installed)
        DEC SMP for Netware 4.10 on a Prioris ZX5133/2
        
        
        Gordon A. Biner
        email:	[email protected]
        Operating Systems Programme
        phone:	250-960-5656
        Computing & Telecommunications Services
        fax:	250-960-5522
        University of Northern British Columbia
        3333 University Way
        Prince George, B.C., V2N 4Z9