Linux blah 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 16:58:29 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Hardware is Tyan 2885 mobo, two opteron 244 procs in it. Right now the system has 4GB of memory installed:
[root@hofmann license]# cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 3607440 kB
The mobo takes up to 16GB of memory. But when I add more memory, 4 more 1GB dimms, 8GB total, same exact type of memory that is already in the system (DDR ECC Reg PC2700), the kernel panics and doesn't boot. The error is:
<0> kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task
It dies just before the audit init takes place, so the kernel hardly boots at all, if even.
Any idea what the maximum memory is for FC3 with the kernel I have? I tried looking for a bigmem kernel but isn't large memory support built in? I'm pretty sure support is for much more memory than 4GB. Do I have to recompile a special kernel though?
Does anyone have more than 4GB of memory in a FC3 system and NOT have kernel panics? What is your kernel?
Thanks,
Alex
