OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp> writes:
> From: HIBINO Kei <ex8k-hbn@asahi-net.or.jp>
> Subject: [patch-2.4.0-test1-ac4]linux-2.4.0-test1-ac4+grub
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 19:44:14 +0900
>
> > This parameter is inconsistent with 'mem=<size>' parameter
> > specified by an user.
> >
> > For example, when GRUB detects 65550K bytes memory size,
> > and an user specifies the following command.
> >
> > kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz mem=128M
> >
> > The command line passed to kernel is the following which has
> > two 'mem=<size>' parameters.
> >
> > mem=66550K mem=128M
>
> Thanks for your report, but I don't think this problem can be solved
> in GRUB, since you may pass unusual parameters with the "mem" option
> to the kernel (such as "no-hlt") and so GRUB cannot interpret what you
> specified in a reliable way. IMO, the Linux kernel should allow the
> user to override a parameter by just appending the same option.
a bigger problem is where the initrd is loaded. If you precise less memory than
grub detected, grub loads the initrd too high in memory. The kernel can't access
it.
cu Pixel.
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