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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> Linux boots and I am online with it.
> 
> These Compaq computers are screwy.
> 
> What puzzles me is why Windows worked but linux did not.

Linux doesn't like imperfect memory. Other kernels will
carry on as if nothing happened, but Linux will panic if
it can't use all of your memory cleanly. There is a patch
which lets you use odd memory modules with Linux.

David
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