The test ran on all memory.
Check Dell's website for updates to your BIOS. Dell has been notorious for having memory issues with Linux and the problem is usually fixed with a BIOS update.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Stevens" <rstevens vitalstream com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: RH 9.0 network card not detected
Bob Young wrote:
I downloaded and ran the memtest-86 v3.0. It ran with no errors. When
it
fails when I don't put the option mem=384M I get the message similar to this: CODE: 0F B7 42 28 21 C1 66 89 4A 28 89 14 24 E8 6B C1 F6 FF EB 9C KERNEL PANIC: FATAL EXCEPTION
Two of my lights on the keyboard will also blink and the only way to
restart
is to turn power off and then back on. Thanks in advance.
There's apparently a problem with the BIOS' handling of your high RAM. When you ran memtest86, did it test all of the RAM or only the first 384M? You might also check the Dell website and see if there's a BIOS update for that system.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hewitt" <g0pae manordat demon co uk>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: RH 9.0 network card not detected
Bob Young wrote:
I am trying to install RH 9.0 Professional workstation (purchased from
Best
Buy) and I am running into 2 problems. The first, the program will not install unless I run linux mem=384M. I then change to LILO and add the mem=384M as an option. I have never had to do this on versions I have downloaded in the past. Then once I do get it loaded it will not
detect
my
network adapter. I have tried manually to install it but it will not activate. It says it can't find it. I am using a Dell 8100 with 512 M
of
RAM and a Xircom PCMCIA card. What am I doing wrong? I thought by
buying
this ligetimate copy that everything would work fine. Please help or
point
me in the right direction. Thanks.
Bob,
What error do you get without the mem=384M option? If it is a signal 11 then you might have some bad ram above 384M. In this case try running memtest86 from www.memtest86.com.
There are a collection of installation issues that may help at http://www.rhil.net/docs/rhil-guide.html and there are some references somewhere specifically on installing RedHat on a laptop (I don't have one so I don't know the reference, a google search should reveal it).
Hope this helps
Chris
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