kk maddowx <kk_maddox2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately I could not get memtest to work. I added
> the lines:
>
> label=memtest
> image=/boot/memtest
It should be the reverse order:
image=/boot/memtest
label=memtest
Please check that /boot/memtest exists.
> I have noticed that if the kernel does decide to panic
> on boot it will happen after the "Freeing unused
> memory" message is printed. Do you have any ideas what
> might be casuing this? TIA
Bad memory. ;-) Linux 2.4 only triggers that special sector at the beginning where 2.2 does not.
If memtest can't find any corruption it'd be worth trying an official kernel from redhat.
*Kristian
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