On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 21:00, Tsyko wrote: > I have 1GB of ram, when I try a fresh install of Mandrake, it flashes a > message on the screen and then locks up with all the lights on the keybaord > flashing.. > > > It works if I take a dimm out of the machine reducing it to 512MB.. > > > System configuration is > > Epox 4GEA+ Motherboard (Intel 845GE Chipset) > P4 2.53 > 1gb Samsung DDR 333 Ram > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance.
We've noticed that by forcing particular kernel parameters during the installation, especially with RAM, can alleviate installation problems; I'm really rather surprised that this is happening, but firstly, what is the message that you're given? -- Sat Jun 21 20:45:00 EST 2003 20:45:00 up 5:55, 4 users, load average: 0.21, 0.18, 0.31 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is: that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. -- Henry Fielding, "Tom Jones"
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