Cokey wrote: > 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. Can you try with 6G of memory? I've not known many MB's or BIOS to work well with odd numbers. :-)
