When you boot it, from the LILO prompt, try:
linux mem=384
Also, try going back to Windows, and check to see if it is recognizing
ALL of that memory.
Ric
Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> Using LM 8.0 on my AMD k6-2 400 CPU with KDE 2.1.1.
>
> Just had my friend Bill, the computer expert, install my new PNY memory
> modules. The two new modules (128 meg each) together with the 128 module
> already on my system (there are three sockets on my Soyo SY-5EMA + Super
> 7 Mainboard version 2.0 motherboard) add up to 384 megs of real RAM plus
> a swap file of 256 megs from my original installation.
>
> [by the way, PNY memory chips for AMd K6-2 are extremely cheap these
> days -- around $40 for each 128 meg module].
>
> OK, I had no problem booting into Windows. Everything works fine in
> Win98. However, I am having problems booting into LM 8.0.
>
> First time I managed to boot into the console and then Linux froze in
> KDE (during the "desktop" stage of KDE's graphical logging -- that is, I
> was already in KDE but KDE froze when it reached the "desktop" part of
> the KDE launch).
>
> Second time, Linux froze during bootup itself with the following error
> message:
>
> ....
>
> Everything OK up to this point.
>
> Starting httpd..... OK
>
> "ap+t==0x55
> Stoppibng myself... /etc/rc.d/rc: line 172: 1272 Aborted $i Start
> Starting crond: /etc/rc.d/S90 crond: line 49
> 1439 Segmentation fault
> $ni0 init log $INITLOG_ARGS-c "$%"
>
> [I am not abosolutely certain of the "$ni0" in the last line -- Ben]
>
> I have no idea what to do. Would really appreciate an expert's help on
> this. I have a feeling that somehow I need to tell Linux about the extra
> 256 megs of RAM.
>
> Is that true? Do I need to manually tell Linux somewhere that my real
> RAM has increased from 128 to 384 megs and does this in any way affect
> my swap file of 256 megs of RAM?
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Benjamin
>
>
>
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