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Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: boot!]]
From: Thomas Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:40:14 -0800
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This was suggested on an internal newsgroup as a possible solution to
the 540 Linux boot problem.

> I also got the vertical lines when I specified memory larger than what was
> available on my first bank of DIMMS.  Apparently, we use some strange sort
> of memory mapping that confuses Linux.  So, the question to the guy should
> be if he specified memory size in PROM OSLoadOptions.  If so, this is
> probably the cause of his trouble.  If he removes the part that says
> "mem=512M" (or whatever), it will default to using 128 MB.  If his first
> bank is 256 MB, then he can use that...

- tduffy

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