Re: adding memory

["Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC" <ted cypress com>]

Gene L Reynolds/GYR/CC01/INEEL/US wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I have an Intell p3/500 Running Rh6.1. I had 2 256mg double sided
> ram chips. I installed a 128 single sided chipset , both the same speed. I
> tried to boot and got an error something about kernel hash table wrong when
> booting.  The box checked out the MEM ok.  Do I have to build a new kernel
> to add new memory............. thanks all
> Gene Reynolds

I'm a bit confused. You had 2 256MB DIMMS and
added a 128MB DIMM ? So BIOS reports 640MB?

How much memory does the kernel detect?
Does it not get that far?

I've never HAD to rebuild the kernel for
system changes. Not even CPU, motherboard,
video, NIC, or sound. Reconfigure things,
sure, but not a recompile. (thanks to modules :)

I'd post a more detailed report to the kernel list.
What kernel. What motherboard. What modules used.
Other cards in the system.

If you go back to the old config, does it still work?
Have you tried rearanging the DIMMS?
Have you tried with just the new DIMM installed?

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	-Thomas