>Number:         7529
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       i386 boot discs fail with 1GB RAM
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May  7 11:50:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chuck Koleczek
>Organization:
Vayu Communications
>Release:        1.4-BETA
>Environment:

>Description:
1.4-BETA installation floppy kernel croaks with a vm fault 
(after printing copyright notice) when attempting an install
on a machine with 1 GB RAM.
Intel N440BX motherboard.

>How-To-Repeat:
reboot with install discs.

>Fix:
pull out two of the sticks of RAM (leaving 512 MB)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: