Kernel panics when using 64MB+ RAM

Marius Aamodt Eriksen (marius@linux.com)
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 21:42:45 +0200


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Hi,
I've had a problem with my system, it goes like this:
When I boot the system with my full amount of RAM (128 MB), it always crash=
es (at one point of another), a complete freezeup rather. It complaints ab=
out "Ther kernel is not able to handle null pointer at virtual address..." =
Sometimes, even MagicSysrq fails to save my day with this error. However,=
if I boot with 64MB RAM (linux mem=3D64M) the system works perfectly. Fir=
st I thought it might have been some bad RAM, but somehow I doubt that woul=
d lock up the whole system, it just seems unlikely, especially with thought=
to how Linux is designed.

Can anyone cast some light over this?

TIA,

Marius.

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