Bug 126455 - Memory Error after reboot during BIOS memory check.
Summary: Memory Error after reboot during BIOS memory check.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 1
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-06-21 20:55 UTC by Luca 'FISH' PERSICO
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-09-29 20:30:00 UTC
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Description Luca 'FISH' PERSICO 2004-06-21 20:55:44 UTC
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Description of problem:
When I ask Linux (both RedHat and Fedora) to reboot my machine,
issueing the
command:
shutdown -r "now"
or the command:
reboot
or the command:
init 6

the system shutting down is carried out regularly, but when the
machine starts
the subsequent operations of the POST, the BIOS reaches a certain
point in the
boot memory test and then stops with an error found at a certain memory
location, saying something like:
Cell (...): Value written: (...), value read: (...)
where, obviously, the value read is different from the one written.
Reading the man page bootparam with the command:
man bootparam
I found an option that, given to the kernel at boot time, has
solved the problem. The option is:
reboot=bios
and must be put among the argument of the kernel line executed (in
grub or in
lilo) at boot time.

Many Thanks to everybody.

Luca "FISH" PERSICO


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.init 6
2.
3.
    

Actual Results:  The problem is described above

Expected Results:  No memory error at all.

Additional info:

My computer is a CLEVO2700S with SiS chipset and video card SiS with
shared memory.

Comment 1 David Lawrence 2004-09-29 20:30:00 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/



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