Bug 38716

Summary:	if i boot as default it give error as dont have enough system ram to install rh 7.1
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <vincent.louviaux>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1
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Description Need Real Name 2001-05-02 09:43:56 UTC

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I try to install rh 7.1 on Proliant 5000 with 512MB of memory
1.) if i boot on the floppy as default it give error as dont have enough 
system ram to install rh
2.) if as boot linux mem=512M it gives a error as
VFS: cannot open root device "" or 08:41
please append a correct "root=" boot option
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:41
3.) same errors if i use boot linux mem=512M text expert
if i dont use mem statment it boot ok to mesage
dont have enough ram as 16mb max detected on compaq
same errors if i use rh7.1 floppy boot disk and driver disk
redhat 7.0 floppy disk boot  fine on this system
and i can go to install redhat 7.1 from a cdrom drive
so what is a bug in rh 7.1 install boot disk or cdrom ?
thank you for any help


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot with floppy RH7.1 on a proliant system
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Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-02 15:15:29 UTC

What happens if you boot with 'linux ide=nodma'?

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2001-05-04 08:05:39 UTC

If I try as boot
 linux ide=nodma mem=512M it gives the same error as

VFS: cannot open root device "" or 08:41
please append a correct "root=" boot option
kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:41

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-05-04 14:57:40 UTC

Changing component to the kernel.

Comment 4 Alan Cox 2003-06-06 12:07:10 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36940 ***

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:47:58 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.