[96278] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Memory problems (2)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igmar Palsenberg)
Mon Oct 26 06:52:16 1998
From: "Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg@tebenet.nl>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: <J.Horne@plymouth.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:58:42 +0100
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>I didn't see the original message for the above subject, but here's >the
>problem I have...
>I was running RH5.1 with 40MB of memory with no problems. I >replaced 8MB
with
>2 16MB SIMMS, thus making a total of 64MB (4x16MB). No >problem - the
memory
>was all the same type, although not the same manufacturer.
>Booting RH again resulted in the system crashing after INIT with the
>message
>(or rather something like since I am at work at present):
> INIT: PANIC: Segmentation violation!
This IS a hardware problem. The kernel should never give a segmentation
error...
>The system then hangs up (somewhat expectedly I guess). I booted >up
Windoze
>95 (still needed for my work documentation I'm afraid), and it came >up
fine.
>The system post test reports 64MB no problem as well. MSD shows >64MB.
Try running it a few days. I'll find out that even Windows gives a blue
screen.
>So, why not RH? The only way round this has been to add a >'mem=32MB' to
lilo,
>but I shouldn't need this surely. I've looked through the archives and >FAQ
>but found nothing like this - so no flames about the 64MB limit and >using
the
>mem option - I shouldn't need it. (I did try adding 'mem=64MB' but >that
made
>no difference). Trying to boot to a different init level made no
>difference
>(I usually use 5, tried 3). Booting to single user works though!
Try setting the BIOS to default settings, and tweak a bit wth memory
settings. I once had the same problem..
>Is there any way I can 'test' the memory chips at single user (or even
>multi-
>user) level? What gives with Windoze working but RH not?
There is a program at sunsite, and I believe it is called memtest.
Mail me and I'll look it up for you.
>John.
Igmar Palsenberg
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