Re: [TCLUG:6164] memory

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

Was the correct amount of memory showing up in the BIOS upon boot?  Because if it
wasn't it's possible that a simm is bad and now you are just making lilo think
that it really does have 48 when in fact 16 might only be usable.  This is only a
hypothesis, so....


serge

David Christian wrote:

> 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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