Bug 127587 - isolinux can't boot with mem=
Summary: isolinux can't boot with mem=
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: syslinux
Version: rawhide
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-07-09 22:43 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-05-17 15:12:04 UTC
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Description Bill Nottingham 2004-07-09 22:43:25 UTC 
On an EM64T box suffering from bug 116766, I attempt to boot with

mem=2G
mem=4G

etc.

In all cases, isolinux appears to corrupt the initrd, as the kernel
a) says it's mounting an ext3 fs as ext2
b) fails to read the filesystem well enough to run init/loader

Booting without mem= works.

Box has 4G of memory, with a hole that makes .5 GB appear from the
4-4.5 GB mark.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-08-05 19:59:29 UTC 
Wonder how this works with initramfs.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-05-17 15:12:04 UTC 
Will reopen this if it ever becomes a problem again.
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