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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: added memory - now Linux crashes
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 15:03:56 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
- Lines: 52
- Message-ID: <1hd8jsINNpm9@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- References: <24DEC199200595665@rosie.uh.edu>
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- st1n2@rosie.uh.edu (McCoy, Mark) writes:
-
- >My setup:
- > 486DX-33 noname
- > 4 MB
- > orchid prodesigner II
-
- >This past weekend, I installed the latest SLS release of Linux. Although
- >I grabbed X, I decided to wait to install it until I added more memory
- >to my machine. Linux was up and running with no problems.
- >I added an additional 4 megs of RAM on Monday (for a total of 8 megs),
- >and now Linux bombs after appx 26 seconds with the following message:
-
-
- >swap_free: weirness
- >..
- >swap_free: weirness
- >swap_free: swap-space map bad (page 64)
- >swap_free: weirness
- >..
- >swap_free: weirness
-
- >unable to handle kernel page request at address c0000500
- >Oops: 0000
- >EIP: 0008:0000B758
- >EFLAGS: 00010206
- >fs: 0017
- >base: 00000000, limit: c0000000
- >Pid: 1, precess nr: 1
- >8b 13 85 d2 74 22 83 3a 01 75
-
- >At first I thought that I must have gotten a bad simm, but I have
- >tested the RAM using DOS Checkit 3.0, and it finds no problems. Linux
- >works fine if I disable the RAM that I added. I haven't got a clue.
-
- >Has anyone else had a similar problem?
- >Can anyone recommend a diagnostic tool that may be more thorough than
- >Checkit?
-
- >Thanks in advance
- >Mark McCoy
- >st1n2@jetson.uh.edu
-
- I have heard of memory problems like this in the past for linux and other
- programs that access memory fully. Check to make sure your bios is fully
- caching the new memory and knows its there.
-
- Also, make sure the simms you just bought are the exact same as the ones you
- have in. 90% of memory problems is because some simms just don't like to
- work with others..
-
- James
-