Package: linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64
Version: 2.6.32-5
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64
Version: 2.6.30-8squeeze1
No matter what brand, size, or speed of ddr2 RAM I try, I cannot
successfully boot when the installed memory is greater than 2GB.
The system is an Acer Aspire M1100 with the most recent BIOS. I have
tried with kernels 2.6.32-5 and 2.6.30-8squeeze1.
During the boot sequence, sky2 fails with a 0x2010 pci error; then
several programs slowly load until dmsg appears, at which time the
screen fills with hexadecimal errors similar to those in this debian bug
thread:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457967
Disabling the network interface in the BIOS allows bootup to finish,
although some programs fail to load due to the missing network connection.
Decreasing the RAM to 2GB returns booting to normal.
I've seen numerous references to bugs with this network hardware and the
amd64 kernel, but none related to adding extra memory. I am unaware as
to how I can capture the errors, since I cannot finish the boot process
when the errors happen.
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Dale Schroeder
