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Re: help re Mandrake
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:44PM -0000, ruthneil wrote:
> The Dell is a XPS600 with the following spec 256MB RAM
> 20GB Maxtor 92048D8 ATA HD partitioned as C D E F Having followed
> the installation procedure as best I can for partitioning the disk
> to accept Linux, using both the Linux version of Partiation Magic and
> also using my own copy of the full Partition Magic I have the
> following problem.
This system doesn't look as if it might have problems per se...
> "Uhhuh. NMI received. Dazed and confused, but trying to continue. You
> probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips."
> "Partition check hda:hda1 hda2<hda5 hda6 hda7> hda3 UFS
> Cannot open root device 08:21
> Kernel panic: VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:21"
Apparently, NMI (according to my sources is a Non Maskable
Interrupt, and it is complaining about the quality of your RAM. Try
testing your RAM with the BIOS (parity check or something along those
lines).
Also, this could be due to APM (power saving modes). Do you have
any of these selected on your BIOS?
> before. I have checked the RAM with the Dell diagnostic disk
> supplied and also removed and re-seated the chips with the aid of
> Dell Support but still the error message is there. If there is
Hmm, that does suggest that your RAM is fine (didn't read these
two lines before :D), what about the Power Management?
> anyone who can assist me I would be most grateful or is the best bet
> to try another version on Linux such as SuSE.
Not likely, as this is a kernel problem. Maybe if you could use
a newer distribution with a newer kernel and with all the power saving
bundled into it... But I guess that it wouldn't make much of a
difference.
Sorry I can't give you the ultimate answer :) But I'm sure
someone else might provide some extra info.
Regards,
José
--
José L Gómez Dans PhD student
Radar & Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK
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