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linux-source-2.6.20 package

  1. Bug #96574
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 96574

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Jordan Erickson (lns) wrote :

Not necessarily related to the live-cd, but I am experiencing this same problem.

Hardware:
- ASUS P5B-E motherboard w/1501 BIOS revision (latest as of 7/12/2007)
- Intel P965 / ICH8R chipset
- 4x1GB RAM
- Ubuntu x86-64 7.04 Server
- Kernel 'linux-image-2.6.20-16-server'

1) With BIOS option 'Memory remap' feature turned off, OS boots but sees 3GB RAM (as does the BIOS)

2) WIth BIOS option 'Memory remap' feature turned on, OS locks up at "Loading hardware drivers" (but POST indicates 4GB usage)

3) With BIOS option 'Memory remap' feature turned on and kernel boot option "mem=4GB" / "mem=4096MB" turned on, OS boots but only sees 2GB.

This seems to be Ubuntu-NONspecific as we see similar issues in other threads (still not sure if it's a kernel bug or :

http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1938
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1186364

Any help greatly appreciated!