Re: 2.2.12-20 with 4 gig ram

Thomas Duffy (tduffy@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com)
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 20:27:22 -0800

Greg Treantos wrote:
>
> I just compiled a 2.2.12-20 kernel on 4x PIII Zeon with 4 gig of ram
> with 2 gig ram support. The kernel was built to use modular scsi
> support. I created an initrd image but when the machine boots the
> ramdisk never loads so I get a kernel panic failure. If I recompile the
> kernel with 1 gig support the initrd ramdisk loads fine. Is this a known
> problem with 2.2.12-20 and is it fixed in a newer kernel? Thanks

This may be a problem with your lilo. What version are you running?
What can happen is that lilo will put the initrd into ram that that
kernel cannot see. I have also seen a case where lilo cuts the boot
string being passed to the kernel by one charachter...try putting an
append="console=tty1" or some other garbage that can be deleted without
a problem. then, check /proc/cmdline to see if it is getting cut off.
(having auto in the cmdline sometimes throws it off, so you could try
both letting lilo load automatically or pressing enter at the lilo
prompt).

BTW, 2.2.12-20 works fine AFAIK. I don't think it is a kernel bug.

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