On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, John Murray Boyle wrote:
> Yes, my BIOS sees all the memory no problem
Ok, new tack:
Is the ``append="mem=blah"'' the only append line for your normal lilo
boot image?
Could you check that the kernel picked up the options by doing a cat
/proc/cmdline
Cheers,
Paul.
> > BTW, 896 = 128 + 256 + 512. Do you recognise these numbers as significant
> > (e.g. DIMM module sizes).
>
> I have 2 x 512MB DIMMS fitted
>
> > This is a kernel related problem. Installing a new distro shouldn't effect
> > whether it finds the memory or not (famous last words ...). You should be
> > able to boot of the install image for RedHat and switch VT (via Alt-F2)
> > and type "cat /proc/meminfo" for what a RedHat distro will think of your
> > memory (install kernel != distro kernel, but usually near enough).
>
> I tried booting from the Red Hat install CD and going into rescue mode, (I
> don't know wether this was right or not) and typed "cat /proc/meminfo" and
> got the result of 900248KB.
>
> When I boot into Mandrake and open a terminal and type the above, I get the
> same result. If I use Harddrake, it tells me I have 896MB RAM.
>
> I'm totally lost :(
>
> Thanks
>
> John
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