Do you use LILO? If so, boot linux with a parameter of MEM=64M. This will
force the kernel to only use the first 64 meg of memory. If it boots OK, you
probably have a bad ram board or similar.
If you use GRUB, then do whatever you need to do to append the above MEM=
line.
Try swapping the memory boards around. Make a difference?
Take the new memory board out, entirely. Do that change anything?
Take the old board out and replace it with the new one. Does that change
anything?
I'd be suspecting a bad memory chip on your new 64 meg module... don't
forget that the POST of the memory the BIOS does purely checks to see if
it's all there - if you have a flaky chip it won't be detected by the POST,
but you will get random crashes in any OS which tries to use it.
Steve Flynn
NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst
* 01603 687386
-----Original Message-----
From: Kit Goins [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] help hurry
I just upgraded my ram from 64 mgs to 128...on reboot...mandrake 8.0
would not start...well, it started...but would not go all
the way thru...any suggestions...?
I have linux on one drive...and win98 on another..
after rebooting win98, on same computer...it would not reboot
either.
I run everything auto...so the memory test, shows new ram...
but it won't boot up either...
it gets to win98 startup screen then stops.
it says something about himem.sys...not loading ems memory,,,
can't figure this out...the bios sees the new ram fine...
someone help
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