System lockup problem with 7G of memory and PAE kernel - FC7

[Ed Greshko]

Cokey wrote:
> I have an older dual processor server with 4 Gig of memory that has been
> running FC5 since it was released.  I tried to upgraded to 7 Gig of
> memory under FC5 but the system locked up in the init phase regardless
> of what I did. I didn't chase the problem because I intended to upgrade
> the OS.
> 
> Recently I did upgrade the OS to F 7 and tried the changing the memory
> to 7 Gig again.  Using the standard i686 kernel, it boots and runs
> correctly, but warns that only 4 Gig of memory will be used and that the
> PAE kernel was necessary to use the full 7 Gig.
> 
> I installed the 2.6.22.4-65.fc7PAE kernel and the system boots
> correctly, but stops at the init phase.  The system is not locked up as
> it will respond to C-A-Del and reboot.  The output at the time of lock
> up looks like this:
> 
> Switching to new root and running Init
> Umounting old     /dev
>         /proc
>         /sys
> exec of init (/sbin/init) failed accessing a corrupted shared library
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-0397 (repeated 5 times)
> 
> I ran the memory test on the system for 8 hours or so and it found  and
> tested all 7 Gig.  Also I have booted this system with M$ Advanced
> server and it finds/uses all 7 Gig so I don't think there's anything
> wrong with the hardware.
> 
> Rebooting with the original i686 kernel works correctly.
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions welcome.

Can you try with 6G of memory?  I've not known many MB's or BIOS to work
well with odd numbers.  :-)