kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3198 > > > > > > ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-12 15:10 ------- > > gc said: > > I disagree - the situation was resolved removing a DIMM, and acpi/apic > problems would still have me see the same symptoms even with less memory, > right? Also, the problem also exists in 9.0 with 1G in the box, on the
I was just trying to *help*. Kernel people tend to not answer much on kernel bugs, so I try to suggest reasons or workarounds, I don't pretend they are right or anything of the like. > installed system. This was on a different, single CPU box with other > hardware. My box is an SMP box, that in itself may pose some problems, but > then again - why does it work when I remove 512Megs of RAM? My take on it > is that the kernel should be 4G-enabled to allow those with 1G or more of > memory to install without having to open their boxes. Important if you > want the big fish to use Mandrake ;) Repeating myself: "highmem is not enabled but it should not be a problem: the kernel would normally detect something like 896 Mo and still boot." -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
