Re: [TCLUG:6164] memory

[David Christian <dchristian@macalester.edu>]

That worked wonderfully.

Guess I should've known that one.  I just assumed it was more complex than
that...anyway, thanks to you both.

Dave

On Tue, 25 May 1999, rtp wrote:

> I don't know if this applies to distros other than Red Hat, I imagine it
> does because lilo is the default linux loader.
> 
> At the lilo prompt, during boot
> LILO: linux mem=48M
> 
> After boot (will confirm whether new setting took or not):
> $free
> 
> If so, add append="mem=48" to /etc/lilo.conf
> 
> This info is from pg. 336 of Red Hat 5.2 Linux Installation Guide.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> David Christian wrote:
> > 
> > I have an old compaq box that's working as an internal web server at work.
> > Although the bios recognizes that it has 48 megs of RAM in it, Linux seems
> > convinced that it only has 16.
> > 
> > The 16 were actually built in, and 32 extra megs were apparently added on
> > later...anybody have any idea why Linux wouldn't recognize this memory, or
> > where I can find out?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> > 
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