Re: Linux and computer upgrade

Hi Darrell,
1.After changing to new motherboard, I'm assuming that you DID verify
that your memory was seated properly and that Linux could find it all.
Boot up into Linux and see how much memory it thinks is in the system.
You can go to /var/log and "more dmesg". near the front should be a line
starting with "Memory: (amount in K)" . Make sure the sum is what you
think it should be. If not, perhaps there is a problem with the memory
and/or installation.
2.lilo.conf is /etc/lilo.conf. This is the file that lilo uses to allow
you to multi-boot. The important thing here is in stanza for rtlinux (I
don't know what Tim called the compressed kernel in his script). But in
that stanza, there will be a line like:
append="mem=##m"
where ## is the number of megs of memory you want the system to use. If
this is more than the physical memory the system sees, it may well
'crash' at some point.

Check these first and get back to the group.


Good luck.

Darrell wrote:

>
> From: "Darrell" <dgehlsen@...>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George Fouse <gfouse@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Linux and computer upgrade
>
> > From: George Fouse <gfouse@...>
> >
> > If you could please be a little more precise:
> > 1. What precise hardware changes did you make, including memory, etc?
>
> New AZZA MB K6 II 400 processor. Was an Explorer II with 200 MMX.
>
> > 2. What is your hardware configuration?
>
> New on board video is the only hardware change and I new I would have to re
> configure Xwindows.
>
> > 3. What kernel and rtl patch are you using?
>
> Red Hat 5.2 2.0.36 and the patch that I got from this group.
>
> > 4. What have you compiled into the kernel, (and what as modules)?
>
> Not sure on this, I just followed Tim's directions to the letter.
>
> > 5. What does your lilo.conf look like?
>
> Where do I find that?
>
> > 6. Document exactly where the hang occurs.
>
> Screen reads:
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> Floppy Drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=3 MAX_REAL=8
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 >
> VFS Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> general protection: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010: [<00121ed6>]
> EFLAGS: 00010206
>
> After that it lists the registers and contents for the processor and quits.
>
> Darrell

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