* Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
@ 2002-02-13 18:57 Christoph Pittracher
2002-02-13 20:23 ` Alan Cox
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Pittracher @ 2002-02-13 18:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi!
I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz system
with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of Memory --
System halted".
Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel
configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that
2.2.20 needs so much memory?
best regards,
Christoph
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* Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
2002-02-13 18:57 Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements Christoph Pittracher
@ 2002-02-13 20:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-14 0:48 ` Christoph Pittracher
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 2002-02-13 20:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Pittracher; +Cc: linux-kernel
> I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz system
> with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of Memory --
> System halted".
> Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel
> configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that
> 2.2.20 needs so much memory?
It doesn't. What boot loader are you using ?
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* Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
2002-02-13 20:23 ` Alan Cox
@ 2002-02-14 0:48 ` Christoph Pittracher
2002-02-14 9:41 ` Petri Kaukasoina
2002-02-14 13:15 ` Paul Gortmaker
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Pittracher @ 2002-02-14 0:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Cox; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Wednesday 13 February 2002 21:23, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz
> > system with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of
> > Memory -- System halted".
> > Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel
> > configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that
> > 2.2.20 needs so much memory?
> It doesn't. What boot loader are you using ?
LILO version 21.5-1 beta
from Debian 2.2r5.
best regards,
Christoph
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* Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
2002-02-14 0:48 ` Christoph Pittracher
@ 2002-02-14 9:41 ` Petri Kaukasoina
2002-02-14 13:15 ` Paul Gortmaker
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Petri Kaukasoina @ 2002-02-14 9:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:48:28AM +0100, Christoph Pittracher wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 February 2002 21:23, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz
> > > system with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of
> > > Memory -- System halted".
> > > Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel
> > > configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that
> > > 2.2.20 needs so much memory?
> > It doesn't. What boot loader are you using ?
>
> LILO version 21.5-1 beta
> from Debian 2.2r5.
If you are using zImage, try bzImage. zImage gives 'Out of memory -- System
halted' from version 2.2.20pre5 up to 2.2.20. In 2.2.21pre1 and pre2 it
works ok again.
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* Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
2002-02-14 0:48 ` Christoph Pittracher
2002-02-14 9:41 ` Petri Kaukasoina
@ 2002-02-14 13:15 ` Paul Gortmaker
2002-02-14 13:54 ` Alan Cox
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paul Gortmaker @ 2002-02-14 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Pittracher; +Cc: Alan Cox, linux-kernel
I'll take a stab at this one - bet you are using zImage, and once
you try bzImage it will work. Saw this just recently on a low
mem machine (LILO/loadlin) & haven't had a chance to investigate
further.
Please also report gcc/binutils etc. used.
Paul.
Christoph Pittracher wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 13 February 2002 21:23, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I wanted to boot kernel version 2.2.20 on my old Pentium 75Mhz
> > > system with 16MB RAM. After "uncompressing linux" i get a: "Out Of
> > > Memory -- System halted".
> > > Kernel version 2.2.19 works without problems (same kernel
> > > configuration). I didn't tried 2.4 kernels yet, but I wonder that
> > > 2.2.20 needs so much memory?
> > It doesn't. What boot loader are you using ?
>
> LILO version 21.5-1 beta
> from Debian 2.2r5.
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* Re: Kernel 2.2.20 RAM requirements
2002-02-14 13:15 ` Paul Gortmaker
@ 2002-02-14 13:54 ` Alan Cox
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 2002-02-14 13:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul Gortmaker; +Cc: Christoph Pittracher, Alan Cox, linux-kernel
> you try bzImage it will work. Saw this just recently on a low
> mem machine (LILO/loadlin) & haven't had a chance to investigate
> further.
The zImage/bzImage one should be fixed in 2.2.21pre
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