Re: Linux 2.0.31-pre2 + Buffer /Swap patch Jul21

Dr. Werner Fink (werner@suse.de)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:37:19 +0200


Try `linux mem=64M' at LILO prompt.

> OK OK, in the meanwhile, this patch is obsolete... BUT:
>
> I've got a problem: Since my computer sometimes miracoulusly crashes the
> hard way, I suspected maybe it's got something to do with the problems
> in 2.0.30. So I applied 2.0.31pre2 + the Buffer/Swap Patch Jul21 !
>
> But when booting this kernel, it just claims to have 1024 kB in the
> boot.msg ! Since I have 64MB of memory, I suspect the setup.S -patch in
> 31-pre2 ! Haven't had time to check that out clearly !
> Then, everything seems fine, but the machine hangs just after doing:
> Started INIT veriosn 2.65f it does something with the harddisk, though !
>
> Then I waited some time and the next thing popping up was:
> try_to_free_pages: freepages 96kB async_pages: 0 kB
>
> And repeated this until I pressed the reset-button...
>
> Could anyone verify this, cause I'm not that good in kernel hacking !
>
> CU raY
>