Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Sep 2000 08:26:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.2.17 build reboots |
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On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Mark Hindley wrote:
> I have just spent a frustrating day trying to rebuild the 2.2.17 kernel for > my new Debian potato installation. > [Snipped...] As a temporary work-around, try a 'append="mem=NNN"' in lilo.conf. So far everybody who has had symptoms like this has been sucessful booting after forcing a different memory size than what Linux is interpreting what the BIOS reports. It is quite probably a bug, probably a boundary condition with certain amounts of RAM.
If you have two or more memory "sticks", just remove one and attempt to boot from your floppy. This might tend to prove the theory.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.2.15 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
"Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation obtained from the Micro$oft help desk.
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