On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Garrick Chien Welsh wrote: > The easiest way is to upgrade to a kernel later than 2.0.36 (2.2.1 would > be preferable). Kernels before that don't recognise memory above 64M and > and have to be told about it on the lilo configuration file. Like so. > > image=/bzImage > root=/dev/hda5 > label=linux > append='mem=80M' > read-only
Actually, 2.0.36 can sometimes recognize more than 64MB. I just upgraded my whole system, but I kept the old hard drives. When I booted up, Linux recognized all 128MB of memory. The BIOS has to be new enough to support the new memory ID function. (2.0.35 and below didn't recognize it, though.) Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." - Anonymous' restatement of Clarke