[syslinux] knoppix boot fail probably due to bad int 820

[H. Peter Anvin]

Fredrik Stax{ng wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Fredrik Stax{ng wrote:
>>
>>>Knoppix says initrd extends beyond end of memory. I thing this 
>>>is the same problem as 
>>>
>>>http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=146350&archive=yes
>>>
>>
>>Please post the bootup messages.
> 
> 
> I saw your reply to Anthony Marshall before I saw this. I inferred that
> you do not care about buggy BIOSes, so I flashed in the latest version.
> It boots Knoppix now, but unfortunately it does not work with my new
> hard disk anymore ;-[
> 
> If you look at the link above you will find a printout of the E820 table.
> 2.4.19 (at least) contains code to "Sanitize the BIOS e820 map" in
> arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.
> 

I took a look at the bug report listed, and SYSLINUX will have the same 
problem as LILO with this particular machine.

The solution is to specify the appropriate mem= parameter (specifically 
mem=393152K).

	-hpa