I have an older dual processor server with 4 Gig of memory that has been
running FC5 since it was released. I tried to upgraded to 7 Gig of
memory under FC5 but the system locked up in the init phase regardless
of what I did. I didn't chase the problem because I intended to upgrade
the OS.
Recently I did upgrade the OS to F 7 and tried the changing the memory
to 7 Gig again. Using the standard i686 kernel, it boots and runs
correctly, but warns that only 4 Gig of memory will be used and that the
PAE kernel was necessary to use the full 7 Gig.
I installed the 2.6.22.4-65.fc7PAE kernel and the system boots
correctly, but stops at the init phase. The system is not locked up as
it will respond to C-A-Del and reboot. The output at the time of lock
up looks like this:
Switching to new root and running Init
Umounting old /dev
/proc
/sys
exec of init (/sbin/init) failed accessing a corrupted shared library
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0397 (repeated 5 times)
I ran the memory test on the system for 8 hours or so and it found and
tested all 7 Gig. Also I have booted this system with M$ Advanced
server and it finds/uses all 7 Gig so I don't think there's anything
wrong with the hardware.
Rebooting with the original i686 kernel works correctly.
Any ideas or suggestions welcome.
Cokey
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