On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:55:11AM -0500, Rich Payne wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Andrei A. Dergatchev wrote: > > Jay Estabrook wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 12:28:28AM -0800, sousa jack wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm having a strange problem while installing Debian > > > > 2.2 that doesn't appear in DU 4.0e on a DEC PWS500au > > > > Miata... > > > > > > > > My question: does the Linux kernel (on the Debian 2.2 > > > > boot disks) have trouble addressing large amounts of > > > > RAM? Or is my new memory possibly defective? Has > > > > anyone encountered this before? > > > > > > There was a problem a while ago, with PYXIS support (MIATA/LX/SX) > > > being limited to 1GB of RAM. Not a problem on LX/SX, since they have > > > only 4 DIMM slots, > > > > Hmm, as an owner of the SX I wouldn't say so :-( > > 512MB dimms are frequently used even on lowly pentiums these days. > > Not being able to use them in my Alpha which is connected to currently > > only 144GB but growing storage is a real setback for me.
Just so I'm clear on this, you've tried 512MB DIMMS with no luck on SX? > I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here..but still the SX is > limited to 1Gig. I do not think that's a function of the fact that only > 256MB DIMMs were available when the docs were written, I think it's a > limitation of the chipset. Also keep in mind that possibly the pentiums of > today can use 512MB Dimms, but the SX is several years old. It's not really a matter of the docs, but a matter of what was available to be tested against the memory-configuring code in the SROM. It *may* do the right thing with things bigger than it was tested against, but YMMV and Caveat Emptor and good luck. --Jay++ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay A Estabrook Alpha Engineering - LINUX Project Compaq Computer Corp. - MRO1-2/K20 (508) 467-2080 200 Forest Street, Marlboro MA 01752 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
