On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:44:49PM +0200, Frederik Dannemare wrote: > if any of you guys still have this problem (Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to <snip> > If so, your problem may be related to the problem I had with "initrd > extends beyond end of memory". In my case the location of my two memory > sticks (on an Ultra-5) was the source of the problem. Moving them from > DIMM3/4 to DIMM1/2 made to issue with initrd (and thereby the kernel > panic) go away. See this thread for details: > http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-boot%40lists.debian.org/msg50879.html
i just popped open the case, and saw that my dimms were also in 3/4.
i moved them to 1/2 and the problem disappeared! awesome!
that's really strange though. the woody installer didn't have this
problem... what's the difference in the initrds? size? kernel bug?
perplexed,
sean
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