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| From | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> |
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel |
| Subject | Bug#812891: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Fails to boot in 64 MB (out of memory) |
| Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:40:03 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 17:30 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 wontfix > > On Wed, 2016-01-27 at 11:11 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Package: src:linux > > Version: 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 > > Severity: normal > > > > After upgrading this machine to Debian 8.3 (from Debian 8.2), the kernel > > would not boot. I wrote these messages down: > > > > [time stamp] Unpacking initramfs ... > > (bunch of stuff that scrolls by too quickly, followed by a stack trace) > > [ 2.726147] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Out of memory and no killable processes... > > > > The machine has 64 MB of memory. linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae (older > > packages) did work previously. I must be RIGHT on the edge of what the > > kernel needs. > > > > Fortunately the wheezy kernel was still installed, and I was able to boot > > that one. I've changed GRUB_DEFAULT to use that as a workaround. > > > > I'm not sure whether this problem is actually caused by the kernel, or > > some change in the initramfs. But since using the older kernel DOES work, > > this seems like the most likely place to report the problem. > > We really don't support machines with this little memory any more. > > If your initramfs-tools configuration currently has MODULES=most, you > may be able to avoid the OOM by changing that to MODULES=dep and > rebuilding it (update-initramfs -u). Also, the 586 kernel flavour should use less memory. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings 73.46% of all statistics are made up.
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Bug#812891: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Fails to boot in 64 MB (out of memory) Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-01-27 17:30 +0100
Bug#812891: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Fails to boot in 64 MB (out of memory) Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
Bug#812891: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Fails to boot in 64 MB (out of memory) Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
Processed: Re: Bug#812891: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Fails to boot in 64 MB (out of memory) owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-01-27 18:40 +0100
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