Re: Multia Boot failure for RH5.2

[Ralph Fry <rfry megsinet net>]

Had exactly the same message with RH 5.2 on Alpha 200 from DEC purchased off
auction site.  I had 16 mb (parity only) and got 16 more for 32 total and
the message went away.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Ball <jasonb@wyvern.apana.org.au>
To: axp-list@redhat.com <axp-list@redhat.com>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 9:01 AM
Subject: Multia Boot failure for RH5.2


>
>How do,
>
>I am having some problems getting my Multia to boot Redhat/Alpha 5.2.  Up
>until a recent hard disk crash this machine was running RH4.2 happily so I
>know the machine works.
>
>I successfully load the noname milo image, however when trying to load the
>kernel with a
> boot floppy
>or a
> boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
>
>The system then tries to access the boot floppy, immediately fails
>with a 'fatal error: not enough memory', and locks up the milo
>console.
>
>However this should not be the case, even with only 24Mb of RAM on board.
>I am using the noname boot image, ramdisk and milo image.  I have
>also built and tried custom boot kernels (both 2.0.36 and 2.1.131) without
>any success.
>
>In testing the machine I have successfully installed and run NT, which
>reports the correct amount of RAM and runs as well as expected.
>
>I am loath to go to the expense of more memory for a machine that does
>little more than drive a couple of modems and runs as a firewall as the
>additional memory is not required for normal operation.  Additionally the
>kernel should at least be able to boot regardless of what the redhat
>install wants to do.
>
>Has anybody else experienced similar problems with the Mutlia
>installation/bootup under redhat 5.2 ?
>Anybody have any ideas on how to fix it ?
>Anybody know if there were recent kernel changes that increased the
>required memory base ?  (It used to work with only 8Meg.  I'll spend the
>money if there is a real chance that it will fix the problem.)
>
>Thanks
>Jason.
>
>
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