i think you should try adding something like mem="256"
when yr loading linux Hall is right about the crap memory checks, this is improved on newer boards. greets, J.L. -----Original Message----- From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 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 > 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. Can anyone shed any light on this or > am I right to assume that this is the result of a bad > memory module? Bad memory module ?? From what I've read for years, the BIOS' memory so-called "tester" is close to worthless... Hall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
