Well, after all kinds of tests and trying different types of memory configurations, I can only conclude that my kernel boots normally with 1 GB of RAM installed but hangs when I have 2 GB of RAM installed. I can't find a logical reason for this to happen.
Any pointers or suggestions are welcome, Regards On Jan 19, 2008 11:31 PM, José Pedro Saraiva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following your replies I've done the following, in an attempt to isolate > the problem: > (memory #1 - "old" memory, memory #2 - new memory) > > - Runned memtest on both memories with 0 errors > - Booted with both memories... kernel hang > - Booted with memory #1 on slot #1 successfully > - Booted with memory #1 on slot #2 successfully > - Booted with memory #2 on slot #1 successfully > - Booted with memory #2 on slot #2 successfully > - Booted with both memories on windows successfully > > For some reason, my kernel hangs if I have 2 GB of RAM installed. > And I do have High memory support (4GB), although that doesn't seem > relevant. > Ideas? :X > > Thank you all for the quick replies. > Cheers > > > On Jan 19, 2008 2:29 PM, Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > An alternative to running memtest (which is quite easy to do, I might > > add) would be to remove the original RAM and see if the computer boots > > with the new RAM only. > > > > Alternatively, you could just run memtest, as it is included with many > > BIOSs now. It doesn't take long to identify problems, if there are any. > > I find that test #5 is the best test for finding problems, however it > > tends to keep you in the dark until it's finished the test. > > > > > > -Hal > > > > > > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:58:59 +0000, José Pedro Saraiva wrote: > > > > > > > > >> I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the RAM, > > >> > > > > > > How? Have you run memtest? > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > > > >
