Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:22:28 +0200 | Subject | Re: 16 MB -> 32 MB, a memory problem resolved! |
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On 17 Apr 96 at 13:44, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi, > > On Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:49:30 -0400 (EDT), "Andrew E. Mileski" > <aem@nic.ott.hookup.net> said: > > >> > > What I found out was that if I told the kernel I had 384 KB less > >> > > than what I really had, the system would boot with nearly all of the > >> > > available 32 MB of memory, and the external cache as well. > > This is not good behaviour... > > > 32M-384k is _NORMAL_ and the point I was trying to make. > > Yes. Linux already knows this and takes it into account.
The easiest way to crash Linux is specifying more RAM than you have. What about a very quick and dirty test of the memory size (read-modify-read at the highest address)?
[...] Ulrich
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