From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will) Subject: Adding memory kills Linux Date: 13 Jan 1993 10:22:00 GMT
I have a small problem adding memory to a machine, just wondered if I was
missing something obvious. I have the SLS Linux .98p5 kernel, it hasn't
been recompiled. When I add 2mb of memory to the 8 already in the machine,
sometime late in the boot it fails with a "kernel can't execute paging
request at ...", the address changes. My configuration is pretty standard:
386DX-20 w/80387
8mb RAM
Two IDE drives
16mb swap space.
Everything is working just fine, so I decided to add an old AST RAMPage
that I have to increase my memory to 10mb, figuring that even slow 16 bit
expansion bus RAM is faster than swap disks. I have it configured as all
extended memory, and DOS/Windows/QEMM sees it and uses it just fine, but
it crashes and burns with Linux. What going on, I don't see anything in
the FAQ about problems like this.