Re: LUG: FC2, Dell GX280 4GB of memory - Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:28:57 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: FC2, Dell GX280 4GB of memory

From : Mark Hamrick <mmhamric@uncc.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:28:57 -0500

Hello,

I am using the HIGHMEM that is included with the standard 2.6.7 kernel.
By looking at the FC2 kernel configs, it appears to be set to 64GB.

I have tested the memory to make sure that it works. It is actually
currently sitting in another box. It appears to be something with
crossing the 2GB limit.

Thanks,
Mark

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 14:20, Scott Marks wrote:
> Are you using a HIGHMEM4G or HIGHMEM64G kernel? And have you tried it with
> the memory swapped -- i.e. swap the 2GB you pulled with the 2GB that works,
> just to make sure it isn't a hardware problem?
>
> Regards,
> Scott Marks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-owner@lists.ncsu.[redacted] [mailto:lug-owner@lists.ncsu.[redacted]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Hamrick
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:29 PM
> To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
> Subject: FC2, Dell GX280 4GB of memory
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a Dell with 4GB of memory. I have successfully installed FC2 on
> it, but when I reboot, the USB mouse and keyboard are lost, and the
> machine hangs. There are no PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports on the machine.
>
> If I reduce the memory down to 2GB, the machine will function. At 3GB
> or 4GB, the machine hangs on boot. I am using a SMP kernel.
>
> Anyone got a clue on this one?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>