On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Norbert Bottlaender-Prier wrote:
> Kenneth Stephen a écrit:
> >
> > 2.4 I use Win95. Can I use LILO?
> > I. See the Linux+Win95 HOWTO.
> > II. Some people claim that the HOWTO is incorrect, and that Win95 reinstalls
> > itself on the MBR unpredictably. Many other people think this not true.
>
> It IS true. Not a question of opinion. And it's predictable : No means
> to escape this "feature" of Lose95...
As far as I know, Win95 does this every time you run it's setup.
I use lilo and keep a boot disk just in case.
> > The FAQ itself has no opinion.
> > Personally, if you use Win95 I recommend either loadlin, or (more strongly)
> > a bootdisk.
>
> >...
> >
> > 2.6 How do I get Linux to recognize memory above 64mb.
> > In your /etc/lilo.conf, put a line like:
> > append="mem=##M", where ## is the size of your RAM in megabytes or
> > append="mem=##k", where ## is the size of your RAM in killobytes.
>
> Add a warning : NEVER indicate MORE ram than you really have.
And even a bit less, to account for the memory that the BIOS reserves. (ie
if you have 128M, tell the system it's 127M). The bios usually needs a few
100 K's.
Frank
