[TriLUG] kernel panic with knoppix v3.3

[Jim Ray]

It has 256 MB RAM.  It has this AMD Duron processor and motherboard that
shares 64 MB RAM probably for onboard video.  I just twiddled the CMOS boot
setting to count up memory instead of boot quick.  No change.  Still pukes
hard.

My knoppix cd works fine on my Intel pc yet not on my customer's pc.

Me thinks I'm gonna write it off as a hardware/software conflict or tell 'em
to buy a new pc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: Trilug Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] kernel panic with knoppix v3.3
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:10:58AM -0400, Jim Ray wrote:
> >
> > Any body ever seen this:
> >
> > initrd extends beyond end of memory
> > ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:01
> 
> initrd is a ram disk mounted for the bootloader.
> 
> How much memory in the box?  Sounds like the ramdisk requirement is
> larger than available memory.
> --
> Mike