On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > On 02/20/2008 06:44 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > well, ripping out that extra gig allowed me to do a successful > > install. how odd. should i try again with the 1.5G of RAM? and if it > > hangs again, i can always switch back to a virtual console and see if > > i can find something informative. > > > > Try with just the new memory. sadly, that doesn't look like an option. the laptop is designed so that adding extra memory via an extra DDR chip is easy -- a single screw opens up a panel on the bottom. getting at that original 512M would require taking the chassis apart and i'm not quite ready to go *there*. however, just for fun, i put the 1G back in, started the install and just let memtest run for the last several hours. it claims to have located 4 bad addresses, but they're all *within* the first 512M, so that doesn't really clarify anything, does it? at this point, i'm stopping memtest and i'll try for another install and, if it hangs, i'll look for some diagonstic messages on the first few virtual consoles. stay tuned ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list