malloc() is the memory allocator. In a C program, malloc() resides in libc and allocates memory for the application. This particular problem appears to be caused by an I/O error while loading a critical program (possibly /sbin/init). IMHO, your system apprears to have a hardware problem of some sort. I would suggest that you remove your memory (make sure you are grounded), and insert them in a different order. Also, if your memories are of different types the system can fail under some circumstances. In practice, it is best that all memories in a system are of the same type, speed rating and brand (although not imperative). Also, if you are using 133Mhz, try slowing that down to 100 in your bios. Lastly, but not likely, you could possibly have a problem with your disk. Remember virtual memory. Physical memory is broken up into pages. It is possible that there was some swapping going on during the load, and there is some corruption in the swap area. On 30 Aug 2002 at 19:36, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
_loaderFileToMem() malloc failed
and some lines lower
fatal IO error 104
I am now in need for a translation of these lines of information. There seems to be something amiss with my memory ;-) and malloc (?) failed. Who is malloc? The Io error being 104 must have some meaning. Somebody knows where to find those meanings? Any ideas how to improve/repair my failing memory ;-) ?
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