I had the same problem: I upgraded from 2GB to 8 GB of RAM and OpenSolaris started crashing. Turns out the problem was caused by me putting bad sticks on RAM into the motherboard (2nd hand sticks of Kingston "value RAM" ).
Did you check to see if the RAM you're adding to the computer is bad RAM? In my personal experience working in the Linux server business, I've found that bad RAM and corrupted file systems / bad drives are the #1 causes of crashes for servers under heavy loads. Try booting the server up with only one stick of RAM in it and then put the server under a heavy load to see if it crashes from bad spots on the RAM. Then take that one stick of RAM out, mark it as "tested" and put in another single stick of untested RAM and reboot and stress test the server again to see if it crashes from bad spots on that stick of RAM. Repeat the process as a while loop until you have tested all of the RAM one stick at a time. Also try using the "memtest" program that comes on the Ubuntu live CD. Make sure if you use memtest that you also test one stick at a time. Don't take short cuts and try to run memtest with all the sticks of RAM plugged into the motherboard at the same time. Another possibility is that you added different sticks from different manufacturers that have different speeds that are incompatible. Try to make sure that all sticks of RAM are the same speed and the same model from the same manufacturer. This is important not just for Solaris but for any operating system. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
