Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:19:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:19:56 -0500 Received: from BELLINI.MIT.EDU ([18.62.3.197]:12293 "EHLO bellini.mit.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:19:55 -0500 From: ghugh Song To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel Oops with HIMEM+VM in 2.4.19,20: More INFO Message-Id: <20030118172841.5236C8AC1@bellini.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:28:41 -0500 (EST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I wrote: > Anthony Lau (anthony@greyweasel.com) wrote: > > > It took awhile for the next oops to appear. I modifed my boot > > procedure by turning off swap with "swapoff -a" and allowed the > > system to run. I waited until all of my 1.5GB of physical RAM was > > allocated (cached or in use), and let the system to contiue to > > run. The system ran stably for 2 days with normal use. I then > > switch swap back on with "swapon -a". > > Well. In my case, I tried without swap enabled. > It still crashed when I issued "tar cf usr.tar /usr" > > Regards, > > G. H. S. > Sorry. My problem and many others' problem with 2.4.21-pre3-ac2 are not quite related to that of the original poster. I was confused when I saw swap-related posting. Sorry again. G. H. S. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/