actually, I had to put
append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256M"
Thanks thogh, got me closer
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
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> did the append line work for you after you joined the two together with a
comma?
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> I can't check right now, but have a read of
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> man lilo.conf
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> There's bound to be an example somewhere....
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> Steve Flynn
> IBM MVS Operations Analyst
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> "Brent Timmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 14/02/2000 22:22:49
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> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> If I don't have it, my cdwriter won't work.
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> Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
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> > I believe it should be
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> > mem=256M
> >
> > Either way, try something like
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> > append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M"
> >
> > and rerun /sbin/lilo
> >
> > Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment?
> >
> > Steve Flynn
> > IBM MVS Operations Analyst
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> >
> > "Brent Timmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 13/02/2000 17:16:30
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> > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM)
> > Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
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> >
> > I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone
> > telling me to add the line:
> > apppend="mem=256"
> > to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for
> > something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's
> only
> > one)?
> > The I tried to put:
> > append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256"
> > I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that
my
> > computer froze with the message:
> > kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches
> > In Swappertask = not syncing
> >
> > Good thing I had a boot disk...
> > Anyone have any ideas?
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