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Re: Installation re-boot loop

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From: Allen Carpenter
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00
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Yikes!  Sounds a bit like a memory problem.  Linux is hyper sensative to
bad memory.  I would check to see if you had a bad sim/dim.




> Hello Linux fans
>
> I have a horrible problem and hope someone out there may be able to
> help.
>
> I have not had any problems with LINUX in the past but now.....
>
> I have a Pentium 200MMX 64MB RAM 3G HDD and I cannot get any version of
> LINUX to boot fully - even the pre install boot/root diskettes get to
> "Callibrating loop...." then it reboots.
>
> I have tried a number of BIOS changes and tried "mem=" options. I can
> actually get past the failure point on one condition and that is with a
> boot option of "mem=250k" which of course is a ridiculously low memory
> allocation, but it then gets to "not enough memory to load kernel as one
> would expect.
>
> Any clues or suggestions (apart from get another PC)?
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
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