17 Oct
2003
17 Oct
'03
17:23
1) Linux won't boot with the DRAM ECC enabled in the BIOS.. so we're running w/o ECC.
2) I ran a "memory eater" script, that ate up all the memory, the machine didn't swap.. it crashed... spit out some errors...
Some of the boards are rather picky on what DIMMs they accept in which slots etc. I would recommend to first get a BIOS upgrade from Tyan (maybe you have an early BIOS that programs the memory controller not well enough) and if that doesn't help try replacing the DIMMs or putting them into different slots. This is usually a BIOS/hardware problem; Linux is not involved in how the memory is configured and doesn't know anything about ECC, DIMMs or slots. -Andi