"Liaw, Andy" wrote:
>
> Apology for taking a while to follow up...
>
> I downloaded kernel 2.4.3 from kernel.org and followed the instructions
> Stefaans provided in another post to compile a custom kernel. The process
> went smooth and now we do have 2GB of RAM and a spanking new kernel! I
> haven't kept track of any speed improvements though.
>
> BTW, I'm still on LM7.1 (still have problem installing 7.2--- it kernel
> panicked at the point when it's supposed to load the ram disk).
>
> Thanks a ton, Stefaans!
> Andy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stefaans Mostert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 4:45 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: 'Tim Holmes'
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with too much ram
> >
> >
> > "Liaw, Andy" wrote:
> > >
> > > Don't be jealous... The machine is being used by the whole
> > dept. (about 5
> > > heavy duty users) for running large computational tasks.
> > It originally came
> > > with 512MB RAM, but one user's "modest" job brought the
> > machine to its
> > > knees. That's why we are adding RAM like that. (We actually have 2
> > > machines like this. Haven't got the second one setup yet.)
> > >
> > > The machine is fairly new (<6 months). According to
> > Compaq, the mobo uses
> > > Intel 840 chip set (whatever that means), and can hold upto
> > 4GB of 800-MHz
> > > ECC RDRAM. I'm quite sure the RAM modules were purchased
> > from Compaq
> > > authorized dealers, so they ought to know what they are doing.
> > >
> > > Anyone else has any hints?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > > From: Tim Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >
> > > > Most motherboards have a certain amount of RAM it will
> > > > support. A lot of
> > > > them stop at 1.5 GB. The one I have does support 2 GB. But
> > > > you should
> > > > check the web page for the Motherboard and find out if
> > that board will
> > > > support the 2GB
> > > >
> > > > All I know is I'm jealous... 1.5 GB and a dual processor
> > machine? :0(
> > > > That would be SWEET!!!
> > > >
> > > > One other thing I just thought of, which most likely won't be
> > > > an issues,
> > > > but I know Comcrap (lol) used to only accept proprietary RAM. I'm
> > > > pretty sure the did away with this, but I'm not sure how old your
> > > > Motherboard is either.
> > > >
> > > > So it's possible that it doesn't support 2 GB of RAM, or it
> > > > needs to be
> > > > RAM from Comcrap.
> > > >
> > > > Extremely jealous,
> > > > tdh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > T. Holmes
> > > > Unixtechs.org
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > "Real Men use Vi."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > * Liaw, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010409 15:18]:
> > > > | Hi everyone,
> > > > |
> > > > | I have a problem with adding RAM that I hope someone can
> > > > help me with.
> > > > |
> > > > | We have a Compaq SP750 (dual P3 866 Xeon) that had 1.5GB of
> > > > RDRAM. When we
> > > > | added another 512MB to bring the total up to 2GB, the LM7.1
> > > > installed on the
> > > > | machine refuse to boot. It gets to the place where it's
> > > > suppose to load the
> > > > | RAM disk (I think) but go into kernel panic: unable to
> > > > mount root. We tried
> > > > | just putting in 1792MB of RAM, then the machine boots up
> > > > w/o any problems.
> > > > | Anyone has any idea why?
> > > > |
> > > > | TIA.
> > > > |
> > > > | Andy
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Try booting into it with a lesser amount of ram and then ad one of the
> > 2.4 series kernels and compile it with big mem support and some of the
> > other goodies in there.
> > Then put you extra ram in and boot it should work and if it does not
> > pick up all your ram ad the following line to lilo.conf
> > append "mem=1536000" <hope that is right just check it> ;-)
> >
> > If it doesn't work mail us again or get me off list.You will
> > not believe
> > what the new kernels do with a dual processor machine.
> > It is WOW !!!
> > In my experience the 2.4.3 kernel works the best on MDK 7.2
> > just make sure you upgrade your glibc (compile yourself)
> > reiser utils and modutils,and hdparm it is all covered in the HOWTO'S
> >
> > Anyway have fun and let us know what the outcome is
> >
> > Stefaans
> > --
> > GIF87an
> >
> >
Huge big pleasure!!
To repay me do it for someone else ;-)
Stefaans
