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Description of problem:
(New) Dell Inspirion 4600 with 512 MB memory. Standard developer install of
RH9.0 with updates. Installed new tools + kernel-2.6.0-test1.1.24. Booted and
ran OK. When rebooting, whether to that kernel or to the other tested
(2.4.20-18), BIOS warns that amount of available memory has change. This is the
result of a switch to "OS install mode" which limite memory to 256 MB. Unsetting
this mode and reboot results in detection of all memory. This does not happen
with 2.4.20-18 and happens with both 2.6.0-test1.1.24 and 2.6.0-test1.1.26.

I assume this is really a kernel vs hardware issue and not specific to the RH
package, but couldn't figure out how to report it to kernel.org.

PS: Thanks for rpms! Failed to compile/install source, but can still test hw
compatibility.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.0-0.test1.1.26

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot 2.6.0 kernel.
2. Reboot (either 2.6.0 again, or 2.4.20-18 - same result)
3. => system now limited to 256 MB in "OS install mode"
    

Actual Results:  (3) above.

Work-around:
<F2> for BIOS setup.
OS install mode from on -> off.
exit & save
(bios complaints memory size has changed)
F1 to ignore
... normal boot

Expected Results:  Normal boot with 512 MB, as seen with 2.4.20-18.


Additional info:

Some info collected under Linux 2.4.20-18.9 #1 Thu May 29 07:08:16 EDT 2003 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux:

# cat /proc/meminfo
        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  525623296 253825024 271798272        0 18493440 124477440
Swap: 1077469184        0 1077469184
MemTotal:       513304 kB
MemFree:        265428 kB
MemShared:           0 kB
Buffers:         18060 kB
Cached:         121560 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:         205000 kB
ActiveAnon:      82604 kB
ActiveCache:    122396 kB
Inact_dirty:       744 kB
Inact_laundry:       0 kB
Inact_clean:     16480 kB
Inact_target:    44444 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:       513304 kB
LowFree:        265428 kB
SwapTotal:     1052216 kB
SwapFree:      1052216 kB

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
stepping        : 7
cpu MHz         : 2394.057
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips        : 4771.02

From Dell:
System chip set: Intel 865PE