Re: [TCLUG:21037] recognizing memory

["tim" <tim@tneu.visi.com>]

I know on some old Compaqs under DOS/Windows, you had to add a 
/EISA to the Himem.sys command in order for windows to see more than
16MB.  (despite the fact that these compaq machines were not, in fact
EISA machines - the argument just caused DOS to probe for memory
differently). 

I wonder if there is an argument to Linux to enable the same probing
mechanism that himem.sys uses with the /eisa switch. 

The BIOS on these suckers would always see all the memory available, but
DOS/Windows would never see anything over 16MB.  (without the himem
switch). 

You may want to confirm my theory with a DOS boot disk with mem.exe and
himem.sys - see if it only recognizes 16MB from DOS, and see if it
changes when you add a /eisa switch to himem.sys. 


> andy@theasis.com wrote:
> > 
> > I seem to recall some old motherboards that required you to set
jumpers
> > indicating the amount of memory. However, I may be barking mad. Do
you
> > have a manual? If not, may be worth looking for old specs on
gateway's web
> > site.
> 
> Thats like, 286 era stuff. Never seen anything 386 or newer that
didn't
> autodetect RAM...
> 
> But if the bios memory check sees it, thats not the problem.
> 
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