Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread Casey Webster
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 09:26:17AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > That append line hasn't been needed since kernel 2.0.36, has it ?? I > remember when I first started with Linux and Redhat supplied 2.0.34 or > so (Redhat 5.0) and I needed it since I had 128mb RAM and it only saw > 64mb. Once I upgr

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread John Hasler
Hall Stevenson writes: > That append line hasn't been needed since kernel 2.0.36, has it? It may be needed if you have an old BIOS. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 09:26:17AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:19:54PM +0100, Joris > > Lambrecht wrote: > > > i think you should try adding something like > > > > > > mem="256" > > > > > > > Just to clarify that would be - > > append="mem=256M" but.. > > > > The ker

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread Hall Stevenson
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:19:54PM +0100, Joris > Lambrecht wrote: > > i think you should try adding something like > > > > mem="256" > > > > Just to clarify that would be - > append="mem=256M" but.. > > The kernel or bios or whatever takes up part of the first > part of the memory. So if you ad

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread ktb
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:19:54PM +0100, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > i think you should try adding something like > > mem="256" > Just to clarify that would be - append="mem=256M" but.. The kernel or bios or whatever takes up part of the first part of the memory. So if you add the full amount o

RE: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread Joris Lambrecht
2:16 PM To: debian_user_list Cc: tjm Subject: Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic > Hello. Has anyone come across anything like this > before. The system is a perfectly running Debian > 2.2r2 with an AMD K6-2 500mhz with 256M mem (two > 128M sdrams). I swapped out the two sdrams and >

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Hello. Has anyone come across anything like this > before. The system is a perfectly running Debian > 2.2r2 with an AMD K6-2 500mhz with 256M mem (two > 128M sdrams). I swapped out the two sdrams and > installed one 256M sdram. The bios sees the memory > OK and starts the boot process. Linux

Re: Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-02-01 Thread Moritz Schulte
tjm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I swapped out the two sdrams and installed one 256M sdram. The bios > sees the memory OK and starts the boot process. Linux evidently > sees the memory OK (line 2 below) but then gets to line 5 and spits > out the rest and then the kernel panic in line 22. Try

Memory upgrade and kernel panic

2001-01-31 Thread tjm
Hello. Has anyone come across anything like this before. The system is a perfectly running Debian 2.2r2 with an AMD K6-2 500mhz with 256M mem (two 128M sdrams). I swapped out the two sdrams and installed one 256M sdram. The bios sees the memory OK and starts the boot process. Linux evidently s