Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.4.18 Boot problem | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 19 Apr 2002 13:47:21 -0600 |
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Nick Martens <nickm@kabelfoon.nl> writes:
> Sorry for the long time without responding but I haven't had any time lately > I'm not sure how to solve it yet I don't know about that ECC mem problem but are > > there any other devices for which this is typical behaviour or even some BIOS > setting which may cause this > > > > Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > On 11 April 2002 19:01, Nick Martens wrote: > > > >>I've tried to do the break thing and then boot after 2 minutes, but the > >>problem remains. Is it passible that due to the HW-reset some device > >>gets resetted too and works fine afterwards ??? > > Yes, I can imagine some hw which needs to be warm to operate properly. > > It may be unable to reset/init in cold state. > > Is it true that some types of (ECC?) memory need several read passes over them > > > to initialize?
ECC memory must be written to ensure the ECC bits are in a consistent state but that should just take a second or two.
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