This seems to be a common problem; I have experienced it myself. I think it
may be a problem with certain BIOSes not reporting memory correctly to the
OS, but that's just a guess.
Anyway, one way of fixing it with Grub which I use is to edit the file
/boot/grub/menu.lst
In the file you will see something like:
title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-secure root=dev/hda1 ide1=0xfff0,0xffe4
ide2=0xffa8,0xffe0
title linux-up
kernel.....
title failsafe
kernel....
So at the end of each line starting "kernel" add this: mem=256M
You should find that Linux sees all your memory.
Chris Slater-Walker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patti Wavinak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:34 AM
Subject: [newbie] Memory detection problem using GRUB
I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Pentium II 450Mhz with 256 MB of RAM.
It is only showing 65 MB of ram being detected, even though I entered 256
during install. In looking over the archives I notice there was
discussion and how to fix this in the /etc/lilo.conf BUT I am using Grub.
I am hoping that someone out there can help me with this problem.
I am a real newbie -- my first install of Linux was 2 weeks ago on July
8th and I love it!!!
Patti Wavinak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
