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SubjectRe: 2.3.29 opps with "mem=64" in 128mg box
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Thomas Zimmerman wrote:

> I have been losing random bytes on my ide drives when running any of
> the 2.3.X kernels. I don't loose any bytes when running RH 6.1
> 2.2.12-20. I used this to test for changes in files during file IO:
> [qubes@Darklands qubes]$ while true; do tar cf test.tar .netscape;
> md5sum test.tar; done;
> 37dcf949b1285f21ef1fa54612fb69b3 test.tar
> 643983ce42ba7da463c14afd2591aa80 test.tar
> 77d1e7fac33b4c5073fa1a12d2a04952 test.tar

Ooh, yuck.

> I don't like that above....so I rebooted and tried to test the lower
> half of my memory by using "mem=64" to isolate. Box didn't boot and
> gave me an oops (attached)

You probably mean "mem=64M". Otherwise, it tries to load and
decompress the kernel into 64 bytes and doesn't have a lot of
fun with it... :)

Matthew.


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