On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Eric NOULARD wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 03:59:25PM +0100, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> >
> > I don't think this is an SMP problem at all. Linux will normally only see
> > and ause the first 64 MB of RAM. In order to make it see and use more, you
> > have to tell it to do so.
> >
> > You do that by specifying the additional boot parameter to the kernel:
> > "mem=<YourMemorySize>"
>
> Is it really the case with 2.2.x kernels?
> I just set up a Bi-PII box with SuSE 6.1 and
> SMP-recompiled 2.2.10 stock kernel, which seems to recognize
> all the 256 Mo memory without specifiying "mem=xxx" anywhere?
I have just installed RH6 on a 486/50 with 256 MB of RAM, and without the
mem=256MB parameter it didn't detect it. So yes, it is the case with 2.2.x
kernels.
Gordan
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