Here is an answer I got from someone trying to help. If there is a fault in high-mem maybe someone could fix this before the release?
On the other hand, Joerg since you seem to know more about this problem, could you post it as a bug in the mandrake bugzilla? I would really like to see this thing fixed before the release or this release will be useless to me. :( Thanx Joerg for the info. Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joerg Mertin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adrian Golumbovici" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore > > Hi Mate, > > the problem is known (Well, to me at least). > Give at the command line mem=960M and the problem should go away. It's the > High-mem stuff that is faulty. I did circumvent that problem in the past > this way. I had recompiled my own kernel, but don't know what patch I > added by that time to fix it (Having a Netserver LH4 with 2 GByte of Ram > and Raid5). > > Maybe you can post this to the list - my E-Mail address is somehow > blacklisted at the moment. > > Cheers > > Joerg > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > :/ > > I just bought another 512MB DDR PC333 module for my PC and now my linux > > won't boot anymore. I tried an update from CD, installer doesn't work > > either. Memory just went through a 3 hours memtest86 and no error found. > > Windows handles it OK (I have a dual boot with Win2k pro). It just loads > > lilo, but when selecting linux it goes into a black screen and doesn't react > > to any commands. The Scroll lock and Caps lock leds are blinking > > continuously. :( > > > > At first I thought my installation is broken and tried to start the linux > > install from CD again and do an upgrade so it would reinstall the kernel. > > When starting the installer same problem. It loads the first screen OK, but > > whatever option for the installer I select it still freezes with those leds > > blinking. :( I even tried passing mem=1024M as parameter just to make sure, > > but still no go. :( I thought the current releases of the kernel handled OK > > up to 1Gig of ram. As far as I remember you needed compiled support in it > > only for >1G ram. Also as far as I remember having more memory than linux > > kernel can handle produced no freeze. It just showed and used less than you > > have. :( Please help. :( > > > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Home)| > | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work)| > | Stardust's LiNUX System : | > | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Home-Page: http://www.solsys.org > >
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