Hoyt wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] RAM Problem
> > 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!
>
> In LILO, it goes in the global section as
>
> append="mem=96M"
>
> You can, and probably should, test it first by pressing the tab key during
> bootup and, at the prompt, type:
>
> linux append="mem=96M"
>
> then Enter and see what is detected. I had a P100/96M machine that had the
> same behavior; this trick fixed it, but it _should_ not be necessary with
> modern kernels.
>
> Hoyt
I fixed it, I did not have the append in the global section. When I moved it
and rebooted everything worked! Thanks again for being patient with my linux
challenged brain!
John
