On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Edward Pilipczuk wrote:
> I have faced with problem of stability of the system when trying upgrading
> RAM memory in my LINUX box. I have Intel P5/133MHz, mainboard that support
> 2 banks of FAST PAGE and/or EDO RAM.
> Currently I am working with bank0:2x16M Fast Page and bank1:2x8MB EDO and it is
> fine.
> When trying to replace 2x8 EDO by 2x16EDO the system is starting ok, BOOT shows
> 64M,
> but I discover strange bahaviour. When trying to compile something in the
> system, i.e.,
> when the system resources are heavily exploited then I got a PANIC message from
> the kernel
> showing that it is a problem with the refreshment of dynamic memory content.
>
> Is it caused by memory hardware?
Most likely
> Is it possible somehow to tune kernel parameters to avoid above described
> problem?
Not that I am aware of.
Bottom line don't mix and match ram, especialy edo and non edo, it's bad
news.
