i had the same problem with mandrake 7.0 not detecting all 128mb of my
system ram.. i tried to find information on how to add the append= line and
where in the lilo.conf file to add it and it was tough (it ended up being
put here:
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb1
append="mem=128M"
read-only
before i installed mandrake i typed linux mem=128M at the boot: prompt and
it found it .. you may want to try typing linux mem=256M at your LILO:
prompt and make sure that linux can read all of your memory before trying to
edit the /etc/lilo.conf file (cat /proc/meminfo is the command you would use
to show your memory information) .. if this doesnt work you probably do have
out of sync memory and you would need to follow hellmut's recommendation..
however, if i was you i'd try this step first before you run out and
exchange your ram :)
good luck
buckster
xoxoxoxo
>From: Hellmut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Still having memory problems!
>Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 18:20:00 +0200
>
>Hello Cy!
>
>Maybe you're already having one append- line in your lilo.conf, Linux will
>only
>read one them and ignore the other. Hopefully this is the solution to your
>problem!
>
>
>
> > I've reinstalled linux I don't know how many times trying to get it to
> > recognize all of my memmory. I've tried appending the line
>append="mem=256M"
> > to the lilo.conf. I still can't seem to get it to recognize all of my
> > memmory. I just don't understand. It recognizes both of my processors
>right
> > off the bat. I've read that the memmory configuration is stored in
> > /proc/meminfo. Can I manually edit this file to get Mandrake to see the
> > rest? Is there a configuration tool that can be used? What if I wanted
>to
> > add memmory later, How would I go about it? Does it have anything to do
>with
> > the size of my swap file? It's 256 meg. I'm really pleased with all of
> > madrake's functionality, but I'd really like to be able to utilize all
>of my
> > memmory. Any help would be appreciated.
> > Cy
>
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