Re: kernel panic

[Mark Ellis]

On 2003.02.07 14:18 James Morrison wrote:
> --- Mark Ellis <mark.uzumati@virgin.net> wrote:
> > Hi all, getting a panic on boot from gnumach 1.3
> >
> > panic: linux_init: alloc_contig_mem failed
> >
> > I've found a few other reports from back in August 2001, possibly
> > relating it to too much RAM, or possibly not. I have 354MB.
> >
> > Oddly, the panic occurs when booted off hd1s3, but not off hd1s1,
> using
> > both a debian kernel and one cross-comped from linux. Disk layout
> is:-
> >
> > hd1s1 approx 1GB ext2 hurd/gnu
> > hd1s3 approx 1GB ext2 hurd/gnu
> > unpartitioned approx 1GB
> > hd1s2 approx 7GB ext3 linux/gnu
> >
> > in that order. Was the previous issue resolved, and does anyone
> think
> > it could be related to mine ? Thanks for any insight.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
>  What happens when you set root=device:hd1s2?

It panics. Following up on that idea, it also panics on all of hd0s*, 
which admittedly is a 40GB disc, but hd0s1 is only 1GB, so i'm 
surprised it bombed.

Mark