-Formated my PC because of the W32/Parite-B (I think I totally removed it (with help of a tool of Sophos Anti-Virus))
-Reinstalling XP / Reached the point where I have to choose the partition
-Every time the message appeared that on this partition some install files should going to be copied but the HD isn't compatible to Win XP. Whatever I did I couldn't install the OS on one of my two HDs.
-I took two other HDs where WinXP for the first and Win98 for the other were installed on.
-Then I tried to boot of one of them but in both cases this message appeard:
> > The amount of system memory has changed.
> > Alert! OS Install Mode enabled. Amount of available memory limited to 256MB.
I'd no idea what to do so I searched the Internet and just found this one:
quote from: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1129.html
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Fri, 2003-06-20 at 03:24, Greg Norris wrote:
> I still haven't figured this one out, but for whatever it's worth
> 2.5.72 doesn't appear to trigger the problem. Guess I won't worry
> about it too much. ;-)
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:10:59PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote:
> > After running a SMP 2.4.21 kernel on my Dell Dimension 8300, the BIOS
> > thinks that the amount of memory has changed. When the box is
> > rebooted, I get the following message at the end of BIOS
> > initialization:
> >
> > The amount of system memory has changed.
> > Alert! OS Install Mode enabled. Amount of available memory limited to 256MB.
> >
This is something related to/triggered by the ACPI code, booting with
acpi=off makes it go away (2.4.21).
--matti
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I heard that it isn't possible to disable the ACPI in my BIOS.
I don't know what to do now.
Why can't I install an OS on my partitions. Why do these messages appear. What can I do to get my PC working again.
My pc: Dell Dimension 4600
have the Windows XP CD
NO Floppy drive
Im not really a hardware pro. Need some help please!
Thanks a lot!
greetz doeni
-Reinstalling XP / Reached the point where I have to choose the partition
-Every time the message appeared that on this partition some install files should going to be copied but the HD isn't compatible to Win XP. Whatever I did I couldn't install the OS on one of my two HDs.
-I took two other HDs where WinXP for the first and Win98 for the other were installed on.
-Then I tried to boot of one of them but in both cases this message appeard:
> > The amount of system memory has changed.
> > Alert! OS Install Mode enabled. Amount of available memory limited to 256MB.
I'd no idea what to do so I searched the Internet and just found this one:
quote from: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1129.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fri, 2003-06-20 at 03:24, Greg Norris wrote:
> I still haven't figured this one out, but for whatever it's worth
> 2.5.72 doesn't appear to trigger the problem. Guess I won't worry
> about it too much. ;-)
>
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 09:10:59PM -0500, Greg Norris wrote:
> > After running a SMP 2.4.21 kernel on my Dell Dimension 8300, the BIOS
> > thinks that the amount of memory has changed. When the box is
> > rebooted, I get the following message at the end of BIOS
> > initialization:
> >
> > The amount of system memory has changed.
> > Alert! OS Install Mode enabled. Amount of available memory limited to 256MB.
> >
This is something related to/triggered by the ACPI code, booting with
acpi=off makes it go away (2.4.21).
--matti
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I heard that it isn't possible to disable the ACPI in my BIOS.
I don't know what to do now.
Why can't I install an OS on my partitions. Why do these messages appear. What can I do to get my PC working again.
My pc: Dell Dimension 4600
have the Windows XP CD
NO Floppy drive
Im not really a hardware pro. Need some help please!
Thanks a lot!
greetz doeni
