On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 19:10:15 +0530, Manav Kataria wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 22:08:51 +0530, Manav Kataria wrote: > >> > >>>Ok this is what is happenning: > >>> > >>>I have a multiboot setup on my pc. No matter what distro I use - the > >>>linux kernel doesn't boot! > >>>I have tried to clean my linux. format the partitions. delete the > >>>partitions. Used Mandrake, SuSE, nothing is able to start the system at > >>>all. > >>>I've even tried with using Ubuntoo Live cds, and Knoppix cds, but no > >>>luck! > >>> > >>>Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! > >>> > > > >I guess RAM problem. Does windows boot? > > > yes, perfectly. > >During a similar situation, windows was somehow booting but linux wouldn't. > >Removing and inserting RAM again helped. There's apparently a bootable > >CD which detects if RAM is the culprit. Look for program called 'memtest86'. It is a bootloader of it's own so it needs as little memory for it's own code. SuSE install CD contained it and allowed booting it last time I used it (which was SuSE 9.3). > Really! I had come accros a comment that said RAM might causes this > problem but I din't suspect that as windows booted okay. Windows seem generally less succeptible to hardware problems, than Linux. > Thanks for the tip. I'll reinstall the RAM and get back to you. -- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx>
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