Sorry, made the mistake of letting BeMail put this out on my default adress and not the one I'm a list member on, so it might or might not reappear in a few days...
------ Forwarded Message: ------ To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List <[email protected]> From: "Cian Duffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] boot problems--workaround: forcing 'fsck' at boot allows system to boot properly Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:02:37 +0100 IST These problems are caused by the hardware, not the software. The "Lombard" G3 Powerbooks are not designed to handle more than 384MB RAM, and I'm actually surprised they boot with 512. No matter what, the actually hardware, and its firmware, is not designed to handle 512MB RAM. I'm surprised YDL booted, to be honest - my ye-olde 5500 won't power on with more than its maximum (136MB) RAM. Cian > I have a PoweBook G3 (Lombard) that reliably boots with 320 MB of > memory, but > hangs while attempting to boot with 512 MB of memory. Besides a > memory > hardware problem (I get similar results with other memory sticks.) > and a > memory recognition problem (/proc/meminfo reveals 512 MB), what other > problems > could be causing this? Note that forcing 'fsck' at boot, via > 'shutdown -hF > now' or 'shutdown -rF now' allows the system to boot/reboot properly. > Does > this indicate a hard drive problem? If so, why does the computer boot > fine > with 320 MB of memory? Would a system re-install help? Would > upgrading my > kernel from 2.4.24-1.ydl.1.1016 to the newest version help? Is there > a bug > with memory, YDL and the Lombard? I thank everybody in advance for > any help or > suggestions. > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
