I would suggest running memtest86 (test #5). I have purchased PC133 memory twice that fails test #5. Memory not up to spec causes all kinds of strange errors.
I have been running 8.2, and now 9.0 for some time on kernel large memory support. No problems (other that a weak power supply causing spontaneous reboots - replaced with 400W). Bill Shirley > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:cooker-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Norman Carver > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Cooker] MDK 8.2, 1024 MB RAM > > > I have a number of machines with 1.5-2GB of ram on them, and > have been > running the Enterprise (himem) kernels on them (starting with > MDK 8.0). > We have had no problems that I would blame on the Enterprise kernels. > In fact, the only problems we have had were memory corruption > problems with > MDK 8.2, which were (apparently) related to msec. Fixed > these problems by > disabling msec checks. Same problem happened on a machine > using the stock > 8.2 kernel as well. I cannot quite recall what messages we > would find in the > logs with the error, but it was a kernel attempt to address > memory that > failed. We think it was related to the zip drives as well > (and supermount). > Currently am running 8.2 and 9.0 Enterprise kernels without problems. > > Norm > > On Friday 01 November 2002 11:27 am, you wrote: > > Peter Magnusson wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > > >>Actaully it's more than that. A machine with 2GB of ram > only sees this > > >>without highmem: > > >> total used free shared > buffers cached > > >>Mem: 904940 185524 719416 0 > 84 107520 > > >>-/+ buffers/cache: 77920 827020 > > >>Swap: 3084400 0 3084400 > > >> > > >>We can't run any HIGHMEM kernels cause they hard lock on > every machine > > >>after minimal use. :( > > > > > > So how do you do to use more memory? Or dont you use it at all? > > > > I just don't use all my memory.... > > > > big waste, but constant crashing is just too much to put up > with on the > > enterprise kernel.... :'( > > > > >>So far no word/help from Mandrake.... :( > > >> > > > :(
