Civileme wrote:
> I just confirmed that LM 6.0 recognizes 128M out of the box, as a single 128M stick
>and also another rig with 2 64M sticks...
>
> I would suggest checking your BIOS.... Also make sure the memory is seated well in
>the sockets. Wouldn't be the first time I have seen Windows and BIOS recognize
>something that fails the linux tests.
> I have had exactly that problem, a 64M machine running Windows with 64M and going
>through the BIOS tests which linux told me had 32M. One RAM SIMM in that case had to
>be reseated.
>
> Civileme
>
> John Connell wrote:
>
> > Hoyt wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: John Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 9:23 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] RAM Problem
> > >
> > > > I have noticed that L-M 6.0 does not recognize my 96MB of RAM. It only
> > > > "sees" 65MB. I have two memory modules one is 32MB, the other is 64MB. Can
> > > > anyone help with this? Would be nice to have the extra boost!
> > >
> > > http://amelia.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-5.html
> > >
> > > A useful link for solving problems is
>http://amelia.db.erau.edu/Excite/AT-LDPquery.html , a searchable database of Linux
>docs. It's usually my first stop, DejaNews second, Google (or AltaVista) third.
> > >
> > > Hoyt
> >
> > Hoyt,
> >
> > I found the following at LDP and did what was suggested...no changes were seen and
>when I ran /sbin/lilo r'cd the messag "Syntax error on line # X." Is there a certain
>line # this should be positioned?
> > I did it with/without quotes. Am I doing something wrong? TIA!
> >
> > John Connell
> >
> > "All memory like DRAM, EDO and SDRAM can be used with Linux. There is one thing
>you have to look at: normally the
> > kernel is not supporting more than 64 Mb of memory. When you add more than 64 Mb
>of memory you have to add the
> > following line to your LILO configuration file.
> >
> > append="mem=<number of Mb>M"
> >
> > So, when you have 96 Mb of memory this should become
> >
> > append="mem=96M"
> >
> > Don't type a number higher than the number Mb you really have. This can present
>unpredictable crashes."
>
> --
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I have already reseated them without change. Will check bios.
John
