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Brandon Barker wrote:

> On a slightly related note, is it possible to have more than 64MB of memory
> on a Malta board?

I have a Malta board with 128MB.
Currently we have a problem in our bootloader (YAMON), it only see up till
128MB, which mean that we only use up till 128MB of the RAM module, even though
the RAM module contain more than 128MB.
That will be fix in a later release.


>  If so, I may get a Malta - it would be a little more
> exciting to work with than my Indy.
>
> On Wednesday 15 August 2001 06:53 pm, you wrote:
> > I try to install the Linux on the Malta board. In the big-endian mode, it
> > works fine. But in the little-endian mode, the kernel just displayed
> > "LINUX started..." and then deadlock.  Does anybody can help  me solve the
> > problem ?
> >
> > I guess the system maybe failed to create an initial console for displaying
> > messages to me?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Shuanglin

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