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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:37:29 +0200
From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <ragnar@ragnar-hojland.com>
To: Bill Pringlemeir <bpringle@sympatico.ca>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: >128 MB RAM stability problems (again)
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:16:43PM -0400, Bill Pringlemeir wrote:
> I also have had problems with a machine that had 128Mb + 64 Mb.  I
> discovered the following about 2.4.x.  You _should_ have a swap file
> that is double RAM.  Mixing different SDRAM types is probably a bad
> thing.  So if you upgraded, then that might be problematic.

And here's a counter claim:  At home have 128 + 64, both of different speeds
and brands.  Of course, to run properly you have to force the pc100 to run at
66, but other than that they're happy (96MB swap)

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