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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- 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.

So that is why it panicked just after checking memory and finding 252MB of 
the 256 it expected.  Do you happen to know why when the BIOS was set to 
use 4MB for video RAM it had 252MB left, but when it was set to use 2MB it 
had 256MB left?  Some bug in the BIOS?  It was also set not to even use 
the onboard video but to use the PCI card we added.

And why did ramdisk linux work - because the video RAM came from near the 
end and BL2 ramdisk uses the first 12MB?

 > David
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