Re: [Toshiba IDE DMA BUG] Pinpointed version

From: Marc Duponcheel (mduponch@cisco.com)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 17:31:05 EST


> Yes, there is a known problem with Toshiba notebooks & 2.3 memory
> detection. It's been there for ages. Pavel Machek posted a tiny
> "memory check" patch that at least crashes the kernel on boot instead of
> corrupting your disk some random time later.
>
> BTW, I use "mem=63M" and it's fine.

If it is a detection issue, what about putting the correct amount of memory
"mem=64M" (or "mem=128M" in my case) ... I think I am going to try that too
 
> I believe the latest & greatest memory detection patch is supposed to
> fix this, but it does not seem to have found its way into the tree.
>
> -- Jamie

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