[Linux] oops! kernel panic'd

[Charles Higgins]

128 + 64 = 192
:)


>From: Warren Pollans <cottage1@gate.net>
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>Subject: [Linux] oops! kernel panic'd
>Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 15:07:54 -0500
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>Hello again,
>
>I attempted to allow linux to see my extra 128M of memory by adding an
>append statement to linux.conf indicating that I had 196M.  When I
>rebooted, the kernel panic'd and the boot just stopped at that point.
>By the way, memory test at startup indicated that there was 196608K - a
>little less than 192M - not the 196M I have.  I had been warned about
>that ...
>
>What I thought was my boot disk is the RH installation floppy.  I can't
>seem tobreak out of the install program.  Neither can I interrupt the
>boot process.
>
>OK!  Am I totally hosed, or is there some way to boot linux,  from a
>floppy or from the HD into some sort of boot or single-user mode, so
>that I can change linux.conf?
>
>As you might be able to tell, I've been able to get by with just adding
>the packages I needed, and doing whatever I wanted to without having to
>know very much about linux.  I believe my education is about to begin
>8^).
>
>I have access to other linux boxes at work.
>
>I still appreciate the advice I had gotten.  It was my fault for not
>being more careful/knowledgable before I changed linux.conf.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Warren
>
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