Bios update on PE2850

[Matt Domsch]

On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 11:35:15PM +0100, Lazy wrote:
> alredy tried, i rebooted it into init=/bin/sh and it didn't help
> maybe it's to new/old kernel ?
> i tried also under 32bit with same results
> 
> maybe killing highmem in 32 bit mode would help ?

you don't accidentally have the BIOS switch for "OS Install Mode"
turned on do you?  That would limit visible memory to 256MB, which
would be quite tight for doing a BIOS update with then.  What does
'free' report?

I haven't seen this behavior when you have sufficient RAM visible to
the OS.  Not to say there couldn't be another problem manifesting
itself in the same manner...

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Matt Domsch
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