ERROR AT VERY BEGINNING OF BOOT

chillmaster · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

after grub I get this

Uncompressing linux... OK, booting the kernel

************(ecetera

BIOS-Provide physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820 00000000 - 000000000

*********(ecetera)

Warning only 896MB will be used.
use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
896MB LOWMEM available
found SMP MP-table at 000ff780
hm, page 000ff000 reserved twice,

then it stalls, and nothing happens. I enabled HighMem support in my kernel using the liveCD but I still get the same message. I have no idea what to do! a little help would be greatly appreciated

steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

please provide more info!

- what hardware?
- what kernel?
- etc...

do you get that error while booting with the livecd or while booting with your custom made kernel?

cheers

SteveB

chillmaster · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

thx for the fast reply.

well I am using kernel linux-2.6.1-rc3-gentoo

as far as RAM goes I have 1024 MB

what else do you need to know?

Proc: 2.6GHz with hyperthreading (p4)

steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

okay... did you realy enabled himem in your kernel?
and can you please check what cpu you enabled in your kernel? and what gcc version are you using?

could you try to compile your kernel for p3 and try to boot with that? (i know... but you could give it an try...)

or try to compile it for i386 and try it with that.

are there any other special things you compiled for your kernel?

cheers

SteveB

chillmaster · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

well the same things happened when I compiled the kernel with p3 and i386

I am positive himem is enabled

I cant think of anythign special I enabled, The problem started when I enabled MTD support int he graphics section of my kernel, (for multiple monitors) but then i disabled it.

and how do i check what gcc verison I have?

oh and problem occurs when i boot from hard disk not liveCD

steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

gcc version:

chillmaster · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

gcc version 3.2.3 20030422

Ok I just unloaded an assload of shit form my kernel and I still get the same error message

steveb · Advocate Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 4564

is this your first self made kernel?
if so, try using once genkernel to compile an kernel with it. or use genkernel to build an generic .config file for your system and start customizing it till you have what you need.

another solution could be to use the .config file from the livecd.

cheers

SteveB

NewBlackDak · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject:

Is all of tat ram in a single stick? If not, have you tried to take one out to boot? This wuld tell us if it really is a problem with the high-memory kernel option or something else.
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chillmaster · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 50

How do i go about running genkernel for linux-2.6.1-rc3-gentoo ??