At 02:52 PM 7/28/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Patti Wavinak wrote:
>
> > 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]
>
>Hello.
>I have just upgraded my system, to a dual-celleron on an Abit BP6, and have
>got the same problem. My prior system was an AMD K6-3, and it had no
>difficulties detecting the 256 Mb. I have tried to flash my BIOS - and wow -
>now I have my 256 Mb back again, at least I thought, because now it will not
>boot to windoze, so back again (my daughter can't accept beeing unable to
>play on the computer).
>I have tried to use the append="MEM=256", but it corrupts my system.
>So in my case there is a clear link between 'missing' RAM and BIOS.
Brings me to a question.. upgrading a machine from 64MB to 512MB after an
install should be nothing doing, correct? :)
CW
