image = /zImage.2032
label = linux
append = "mem=80M"
read-only
vga = normal
Something like that. The 3rd line does the trick. I just had the same
thing a couple weeks ago. Thanks people on this list for help.
About oopses: test your memory well.
Bios startup test can say Ok to almost unusable memory. I also had this
problem. There is program memtest86 and some others which can do
nice testing. Let it run overnight and see if it finds any errors.
On 26-Nov-97 Shane DeRidder wrote:
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> I have an AST Adventure 400 (AMD K5 150mhz, 1.2gb hard disk, IDE CD-ROM,
> Sound Blaster Compat. card, 16mb SDRAM) that I recently purchased 64mb
> SDRAM dimm for. This was supposed to give me a total of 80mb of RAM, but
> Linux seems to only see 64mb of it. During boot, The BIOS screen shows
> all 80mb and identifies the two DIMM modules. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Also, I'm experiencing some odd problems. When I leave the machine up for
> a few days (with or without the additional 64mb of RAM), the system
> becomes very flaky. gcc segfaults when trying to compile the kernel,
> /bin/login fails to run, I get kernel oopses like mad up to and including
> complete system lock-ups. I contacted AMD thinking it may be related to
> the bug they found in their CPU's, but this particular processor is a K5
> and not a K6. I'm not sure what the problem is here. Anyone have any
> thoughts on what I could check?
>
> This kernel was compiled from a clean source tree running on a RedHat 4.2
> distribution.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.. Please CC replies to my address.
>
> Shane-
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Department of Mathematics
Tulane University
alexeev@math.tulane.edu
http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dalexee/
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