Gene Heskett wrote:
On Tuesday 03 April 2007, Cokey wrote:
> I have an older dual processor server that has been happily running FC5
> since it was released. It currently has 4G of memory and has the
> capacity for 8G using 1G sticks. Recently I was given 2 1G sticks and
> tried to upgrade the system. The system recognizes the memory and
> boots, but then locks up with:
>
> exec of initj(/sbin/init) failed: Exec format error.
>
> Removing the memory clears the problem. I have also tried some 512
> sticks and they also cause the same problem. Essentially anything over
> 4G regardless of the how that's arrived at will cause the lockup.
>
> Looking for any hints/ideas.
>
>
There is, in the kernel's .config file, an entry to switch it to handle
more than 4GB of memory. I believe you'll have to set that option and
rebuild/reinstall the kernel.
In fairly recent kernels, say the last year or so, that option line is:
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
Use a make (x/menu)config to turn that on.
> Tnx
>
> Cokey
>
I'm using the stock SMP kernel (2.6.19-1.2288) and it comes with the
large memory model turned on (CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y). Thanks for the
idea. Wish it were that easy.
Cokey
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