RAM chips (NMI) error !

Alexandre Molari (molari@iprolink.ch)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:28:33 +0100 (GMT+0100)

hello,
I'm currently trying to install kernel 1.3.69 on my 2nd computer: an old
386sx with 4mb RAM :-)
For that I compile the kernel on my main computer (pentium) with gcc 2.7.0
and I define all the options necessary when doing 'make config'.
But for a strange reason, when I'm booting the kernel with the floppy disk
on my 386sx, it starts it and then I get the message:
Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips or a
power saving mode enabled.
looped forever on the screen!
But my ram chips are ok (tested them under msdos) and I ain't got any
power saving mode enabled.
And the kernel did works fine on this 386sx when it was version 1.1.59

So, anyone could tell me what's the problem (I've found that the C file
that was responsible of this message was arch/i386/kernel/traps.c) and
more important how to SOLVE it ??

thanks very much

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