I think, I have found a way to tell the kernel how much memory I have.
Simple
mem=300M
appended to the boot command and all defunct RAM (above 300M)
is inaccessible. So far, my laptop works as if nothing has happened.
Linux's great.
Thanks for all for handful tips.
Marek Miller
Florian Philipp napisał(a):
Am Montag 21 Mai 2007 09:08 schrieb Mick:
On Monday 21 May 2007 00:16, Iain Buchanan wrote:
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 00:30 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote:
On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote:
Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM,
so I can perform some back-up before
I take my laptop to a warranty service?
Try badram-sources. I've never used them, but they should do the trick.
I think you can find them in the custom-kernels overlay.
ha! good luck trying to compile the kernel with faulty RAM. Can you
remove one stick, or borrow some from a friend / other machine? That
might help with your backups...
Or, drop a Knoppix or a different more lightweight LiveCD in, do your back
up and then take it to the warranty service?
Of course you should not use the boot option "toram" and cache might be a
problem, too.
I'd recommend a Damn Small Linux (DSL) live cd (50MB) or UBS-Stick if you need
your optical drive to make the backup.
Alternatively you could remove the hdd from your laptop. Many computer stores
offer such a backup service.
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