I may off track, but sometimes there is an order in which you must install
the DIMMS and into which slot goes larger/smaller is important.

my 2 cents.

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Statux wrote:

> Have you tried doing mem=256M at the lilo prompt? Also, paste the exact
> output of "free -m".
> 
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Michael H. C. Edwards wrote:
> 
> > My Linux system has 256MB of RAM installed with 4Mb shared for the
> > video. When I do "free -m" it reports my total memory as 62MB, use as
> > 60MB, free as 1MB. When I boot up the computer my BIOS reports the 256MB
> > with 4MB shared. This happens whether I am using 2 128MB DIMMS or 1
> > 256MB DIMMS. The only time RH 7 reports the memory correctly is when I
> > use 1 32MB DIMM.
> >
> 
> -- 
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Regards,

Lorris J. Woods



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