From: "Sam Lewis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2010539 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:54 -0500 Received: from secmgr-va.randr ([192.168.200.201] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1NPRT4-00049S-Tl for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:54 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f226.google.com ([209.85.218.226]:61275) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPRSw-0001y3-2A for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:43 -0500 Received: by bwz26 with SMTP id 26so7379806bwz.7 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:05:41 -0800 (PST) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020209.4B3963F6.01EE,ss=1,fgs=0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.32.137 with SMTP id c9mr2076215bkd.44.1262052340781; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:05:40 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [75.106.30.13] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:40 -0600 Message-ID: <438498020912281805w47249b97vbaa6e031c3d2e952@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: More than 1GB of RAM To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: 1.0 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name Lewis, Here is the directory of the wrapper directory. Does this tell which driver specifically it is? Its the Broadcom B/G Directory of C:\genmac\driver\WRAPPER_14E4_4318 4-14-07 9:09p 0 ---- . 4-14-07 9:09p 0 ---- .. 9-02-05 7:23p 1,739 0 a--- bcmwl5.inf 12-22-04 2:32a 369,024 0 a--- bcmwl5.sys 4 file(s) 370,763 bytes used There are no settings in the BIOS for memory, except for how much will be used for the video card. I was only using 32MB for the Video but when I upgraded the RAM I changed it to 128MB. I'll try and put that back to 32MB and see what happens. Thanks, Sam On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > Hi, guys... > > On 12/28/09 07:43 pm, Sam Lewis thus wrote : >> >> I thought some folks were having some kind of issue like this a while >> back. =A0I had been running Genmac 2.00, so I first updated to 14.104a >> kernel and that didn't make a difference so I updated to Genmac 2.20, >> with that it will boot but the wifi won't work. =A0When doing the scan >> the Wifi light just comes off and on, not quite a blink. >> Thanks, >> Sam >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Chuck McKinnis >> wrote: >> >>> >>> My Lenovo T61 runs eCS 2.0RC7 with 2 Gb, GENMAC and all. >>> >>> Sam Lewis wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Has anyone had trouble with Genmac after installing 2GB of RAM? =A0I >>>> have had eCS 1.2r on my HP/Compaq Presario Notebook for 3 or so years >>>> with no problems. =A0I just upgraded the system from 512MB to 2GB and >>>> now it won't boot after loading Genmac. =A0I can drop it to 1GB and it >>>> will work. >>>> >>>> I reverted back to the wired Realtek interface and it now works fine. >>>> > > Sam, what card is that in your machine, and what files *specifically* do = you > have in the WRAPPER directory? My thinking is that this may be related to > the Windows driver component (and perhaps its interaction with GenMAC) an= d > not something which is directly related to GenMAC. I recently built a sys= tem > with an Intel 2915ABG wireless card and 4GB RAM; no problems booting > whatsoever. > > The issue which some saw was with booting the eCS CD itself with more tha= n > 1GB RAM, but this has since been addressed. Also, are there any > memory-specific settings in the BIOS which you can try toggling (one at a > time, preferably) to see if they have any effect? Perhaps with more than = 1GB > of RAM, the system is automatically mapping something to a previously > uninstalled memory address. > > -- > Lewis > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE > Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.2rosenthals= .com > Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.hautspot= .com > Secure, stable, operating system =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0www.ecomstation.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > =A0the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > > Send administrative queries to =A0 > To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: > and reply to the confirmation ema= il. > Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com > > This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC > P.O. 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