From: Greg Norris <haphazard@kc.rr.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: memory problem with 2.4.21 SMP on Dell Dimension 8300 (i875p chipset)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:24:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030620012411.GA1532@glitch.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030616021059.GA1671@glitch.localdomain>
I still haven't figured this one out, but for whatever it's worth
2.5.72 doesn't appear to trigger the problem. Guess I won't worry
about it too much. ;-)
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:10:59PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote:
> After running a SMP 2.4.21 kernel on my Dell Dimension 8300, the BIOS
> thinks that the amount of memory has changed. When the box is
> rebooted, I get the following message at the end of BIOS
> initialization:
>
> The amount of system memory has changed.
> Alert! OS Install Mode enabled. Amount of available memory limited to 256MB.
>
> At this point the bootup hangs, waiting for someone to press F1
> (resume) or F2 (setup). Any idea what's triggering this behaviour, and
> what I can do to squash it? This issue doesn't occur when using a UP
> kernel (basically identical, except for SMP/ACPI being disabled).
>
> Thanx!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-20 1:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-16 2:10 Greg Norris
2003-06-20 1:24 ` Greg Norris [this message]
2003-06-20 7:01 ` Matti Rendahl
2003-06-20 21:54 ` Greg Norris
2003-06-20 23:48 ` Greg Norris
2003-06-22 22:33 ` Greg Norris
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