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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:46:16 -0800
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To: John Schmerge <schmerge@speakeasy.net>
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Subject: Re: Oops/Crash with 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 kernels
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John Schmerge wrote:
> 
> ...
>   Asus CUV4X-D motherboard
>   2 x Pentium III 1.0 ghz processors
>   1024 Mb ram (4x256mb)
>   IBM Deskstar 40gb ata100 disk
>   Radeon QD AGP card
>   Realtek 8139 pci NIC
> 
> ...
> Mar  9 03:46:07 voltaire kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 04000004

Single-bit error.  Kernel expected either a valid address or a null
pointer, but bit 26 was set.

You should run memtest86 for 24 hours, and be suspicious of your
shiny new hardware :(

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