Jesus Peco wrote: > Hello again; > > I've tried everything you said but without success. > Here is the lilo.conf again. > > boot=/dev/hda5 > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > prompt > linear > timeout=50 > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15 > label=linux > root=/dev/hda5 > read-only > append="mem=128M" > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > table=/dev/hda > > I've tested: > append = "mem=128M" > append="mem=128m" > append = "mem=127M" > append="mem=128M" > > I've always run /sbin/lilo -v after editing lilo.conf, > but what "free" or "top" reports remains unchanged, as > if it is useless to modify the lilo.conf ... > > During start up, the bios reports 131072 Kbytes > The motherboard is: BOARD ABIT BH6 440BX Pentium II AGD > The RAM is: Lond Dimm 128M SDRAM 100MHz C/EPROM > Windows 95 detects 128M of RAM perfectly. > > The kernel I have installed is 2.2.5-15, and RedHat 6.0 > > Thank you very much for your attention. > > ---------------------------------------------- > | Jesús Pascual Peco González | > | | > | Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica | > | Universidad Pontificia Comillas | > | C/ Santa Cruz de Marcenado, 26 | > | 28015 Madrid | > | | > | Tlfno: + 34 91 542.28.00 | > | Fax: + 34 91 542.31.76 | > ______________________________________________ > > On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 11:19:27AM -0500, Gerald Henriksen wrote: > > > > > append="mem=128M" must be the first line in your lilo.conf file, then run > > > /sbin/lilo and then reboot. > > > > Not true. It does not have to be the first line of lilo.conf and > > can be on an image by image basis if you so desire. > > > > It shouldn't be necessary with any kernels after 2.1 unless you > > have a really wacko BIOS that isn't reporting memory properly. > > > > > On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Jesus Peco wrote: > > > > > > I have a Pentium II celeron and RedHat6.0 with > > > > 128M RAM. I have just recompiled the kernel 2.2.5-15 > > > > for a pentium II processor. > > > > [...] > > > > > > Is there a way to make linux see I have 128M? > > > > Do I have a hardware problem? > > > > Sounds like a hardware problem to me. What is reported by your > > POS memory test (yes I know those pass real easy)? > > > > > > Is it a software configuration problem? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > [...] > > > > Mike > > -- > > Michael H. Warfield | (770) 985-6132 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (The Mad Wizard) | (770) 331-2437 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ > > NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all > > PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471 | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > as the Subject. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. Have You tried start your macine typed after LILO linux mem=128M. Trie this if it not works, pehabse memory is corrupted. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.