On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 03:06:09PM +0930, Rob Adams
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> [...]
> No this is standard Linux activity to only see 64MB or RAM, you need to
> append mem=xxxM to the command line in lilo. (where xxx is the memory you
> want to detect).
Not true (and hasn't been for quite a while now). You only need to do the
append mem=xxxM if Linux doesn't correctly detect the installed RAM on
your motherboard. Often a BIOS update will also fix this.
> I believe you could even do mem=12M if you wanted to test linux in tight
> memory configuration, but neve rplayed with that.
Yes, you can limit the amount of visible RAM if you wish.
Gordon
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