On 24 Feb, Larry Varney wrote:
> John Catral wrote:
>
>> What I meant was... where in the file "lilo.conf" do I put the
>> "append=224M"? Do I put it before the boot=/dev/hda...
>>
>> boot=/dev/hda
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> etc...
>>
>> I know that we can't just put append=224M anywhere inside the file. Or can
>> I?
>>
>> -John
>>
>
> I did a search on linux.com, and found this:
>
> 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.
>
> There was nothing about location of this statement, but I have heard that it
> should be on the BOOT line. I'm struggling along with just 64 Mb right now, so
> I haven't tested it myself!
This statement would go in /etc/lilo.conf. Mandrake 6.0 and
higher should detect the additional memory.
--
Tim King
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