Re: RAM upgrade == Kernel Panic
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 15:59, Tom Allison wrote:
> Jamin W. Collins wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:51:06 -0400
> >"Tom Allison" <tallison@tacocat.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I got a really interesting one.
> >>
> >>I am running a stock K7 kernel from woody.
> >>I recall seeing such things as cramfs, VFS, and initrd during the boot
> >>sequence.
> >>
> >>I upgraded my RAM to replace the current 128M to 768M
> >>
> >>Now, when I boot it panics with a message that VFS can't mount the root
> >>device at 03:02.
> >>
> >>If I return to the original RAM, it's fine.
> >>
> >
> >Have you tested the new memory? Memtest86 is a great tool for doing just
> >this.
> >
> I can't get it to boot in order to test it.
> I was assuming that since it was detected and was able to start booting
> from /dev/hda that it was in part, OK.
> It also boots from the Debian Installation CD. Does that CD have memtest86?
>
> That's probably of some significance -- that it boots from the CD OK.
You must put a reference to memtest86 into lilo/grub. Maybe
dpkg does this for you. In any event, memtest86 runs without
OS..
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