Re: System lockup problem when adding more memory - FC5

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At 5:12 PM -0400 4/5/07, Cokey wrote:
>Tony Nelson wrote:
>> At 3:14 PM -0500 4/3/07, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
>>
>>>> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cokey wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an older dual processor server that has been
>>>>>>
>>>> happily running FC5
>>>>
>>>>>> since it was released.  It currently has 4G of memory and has the
>>>>>> capacity for 8G using 1G sticks.   Recently I was given 2
>>>>>>
>>>> 1G sticks and
>>>>
>>>>>> tried to upgrade the system.  The system recognizes the memory and
>>>>>> boots, but then locks up with:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> exec of initj(/sbin/init) failed: Exec format error.
>>>>>> Removing the memory clears the problem.  I have also tried some 512
>>>>>> sticks and they also cause the same problem.  Essentially
>>>>>>
>>>> anything over
>>>>
>>>>>> 4G regardless of the how that's arrived at will cause the lockup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking for any hints/ideas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tnx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cokey
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> You may want to check how your system handles more then 4G of
>>>>> memory. I seam to recall a thread a while ago about a system leaving
>>>>> a hole in memory and the BIOS producing an incorrect memory map when
>>>>> the extra memory was added. (I think it was with more then 2G in
>>>>> that thread.) You should also check to see if there is BIOS update
>>>>> for your machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mikkel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Good idea but unfortunately there's no BIOS updates for this system
>>>> beyond what's installed.  Wish there were...   And there's
>>>> nothing I can change in the BIOS either.  Manual doesn't say anything
>>>> about a memory hole...  but then it might not.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You say this is an older system.  If it is 32 bit, 4 gig is the
>>> maximum amount of memory you can address in 32 bits.
>>>
>>
>> PAE.
>>
>Ok, so?  PAE is enabled in the kernel and this box has dual Pentium III
>which are PAE enabled.  Am I missing something?

Not you, him, in saying that 4 GB was the max physical memory for a 32 bit
kernel.
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