Getting a Kernel Panic: Error, newbie needs some help

[Rick Stevens]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:59:56PM -0600, David I. Wright wrote:
>  > I have a Compaq Proliant 2500.  It is a dual Pentium Pro 200 system with 2 
>  > Pentium Pro 200 /512 cache processors and has 512 Meg of memory.  The 
>  > memory is 4 each 128 Meg sticks installed in the 4 memory slots.
>  > 
>  > When I try to install Fedora by booting up on the first CD and hit enter 
>  > with no options it displays many lines of stuff and then displays a message 
>  > box that says I do not have enough RAM to do the install.  This message box 
>  > has an OK button in it that is highlighted.  If I hit enter the system runs 
>  > a halt system and then reboots.   If I type the following at the command 
>  > line:
>  >    linux mem=512M
> 
> I have a quad ppro that did exactly the same thing. AFAIK, its a compaq
> specific bios bug.

Dell 6450s (used) to exhibit a similar problem with >4GB RAM.  Can't
recall if they ever fixed it or not.
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