probls upgrading ram on a 2.4 linuxbox
Quoted 4 lines · Marco Marabelli
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Hi all!
As subject I upgraded my box from 1GB ram to 2GB ram; bios sees all new memory but kernel doesn'load (error in memory stack).
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Details??
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I have the kernel set with
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G.
I googled everywhere but didn't find any similar problem. Anyone has a suggestion?
linux 2.4.18 (slackware) on 2x1.6 athlon processor, ram266Mhz no ECC.Signature · 1 line
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Unfortunately I didn't note exactly the error output, I will try tonight again (it's a server on production), but:
- with 2GB, after lilo black screen ...
- with 1.5GB, the kernel stops after detecting SCSI drive, with a long output that explaned a memory error in stack ...
- obviously, rebooting with 1GB everything works ...
in a few hours I can report in ML the details ... (waiting for offices to close)
thanks in advice,
Marco Marabelli
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Hi all!
As subject I upgraded my box from 1GB ram to 2GB ram; bios sees all new memory but kernel doesn'load (error in memory stack).
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Details??
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I have the kernel set with
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G.
I googled everywhere but didn't find any similar problem. Anyone has a suggestion?
linux 2.4.18 (slackware) on 2x1.6 athlon processor, ram266Mhz no ECC.
Probably CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is notrelated...
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Unfortunately I didn't note exactly the error output, I will try tonight again (it's a server on production), but:
- with 2GB, after lilo black screen ...
- with 1.5GB, the kernel stops after detecting SCSI drive, with a long
output that explaned a memory error in stack ...
- obviously, rebooting with 1GB everything works ...
I bet it is faulty RAM (hardware bug). To be sure run memtest http://memtest.org/ for a few hours if possible Try running with 1GB, but with the new DIMM (t.e. just exchange the DIMMs).
If this works, put now the old DIMM back, but on different DIMM slot and try memtest.
Report back.
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in a few hours I can report in ML the details ... (waiting for offices to close) thanks in advice,
Marco Marabelli
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Quoted 11 lines · Marco Marabelli
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Hi all!
As subject I upgraded my box from 1GB ram to 2GB ram; bios sees all new memory but kernel doesn'load (error in memory stack).
Quoted 7 lines
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Details??
Quoted 4 lines
I have the kernel set with
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G.
I googled everywhere but didn't find any similar problem. Anyone has a suggestion?
linux 2.4.18 (slackware) on 2x1.6 athlon processor, ram266Mhz no ECC.
Probably CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is notrelated...
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Unfortunately I didn't note exactly the error output, I will try tonight again (it's a server on production), but:
- with 2GB, after lilo black screen ...
- with 1.5GB, the kernel stops after detecting SCSI drive, with a long
output that explaned a memory error in stack ...
- obviously, rebooting with 1GB everything works ...
I bet it is faulty RAM (hardware bug). To be sure run memtest http://memtest.org/ for a few hours if possible Try running with 1GB, but with the new DIMM (t.e. just exchange the DIMMs).
If this works, put now the old DIMM back, but on different DIMM slot and try memtest.
Report back.
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in a few hours I can report in ML the details ... (waiting for offices to close) thanks in advice,
Marco Marabelli
Kalin.
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