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Article #4141Re: Installation re-boot loop
From: Allen Carpenter
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00
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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