RE: Problem with old compaq

[Alton T Crossley IV <Alton Crossley helenair com>]

Sure, it is a Proliant 1500R.  It has 424MB of ram and has been upgraded
with a 6/200 Flexsmp Dual Processor Board (dual PPro 200). I have tried
everything I can find. Including suggestions in Bug 36940, which pointed me
partly in the right direction.

The exact map command I use is:
"text linux mem=exactmap mem=0xA0000 0 mem=0x1A700000 0x100000"

(It has 640K base memory)
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: KnowHow Support Team [mailto:help knowhownet net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:41 PM
To: 'redhat-install-list redhat com'
Subject: Re: Problem with old compaq


What kind of Compaq is it?  Can we have a little more info on it?

Thanks

KnowHow Technical Support Technician #12


On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Alton T Crossley IV wrote:

> I am having trouble installing 7.1 or 7.3 on an old compaq. It doesn't 
> detect the 424MB of memory installed so when booting form a floppy I 
> use: "text linux mem=424M" I get the error:
> 
> "VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 08:41
> Please append a correct "root= " boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:41"
> 
> I have no idea... I assume that the command I give it is incorrect in 
> some way.  I have also tried exact map, and get "Unable to handle 
> kernel paging request...Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle 
> task!"
> 
> grrr... help*
> 
> -Alton Crossley
> 
> 
> 
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