Re: System sees only 65M of memory
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:56:52PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: I just purchased two Athalon-based systems, each with 768M of ram. However, under debian (potato runnin kernel 2.2.17) the OS sees only 65 M of memory. I have tried to use the append command mem=768M but it still sees only 65 M? Does anyone have any ideas? -- Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834 I haven't tried on my athlon, but i've heard that grub will autodetect your ram correctly, and pass the info to the kernel. Still doesn't help with the fact that mem= isn't working for you, but its a start :) Erik Bernhardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln pgpHlRlsYNMgQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: System sees only 65M of memory
Does your bios have the setting memory hole at 64M activated? I'm not sure if that's the exact option. I only vaguely remember something like that as I haven't rebooted for such a long time - and sorry - I refuse to for this! ;-) Cheers, Jason. --On Monday, September 11, 2000 9:20 -0700 Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:56:52PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: I just purchased two Athalon-based systems, each with 768M of ram. However, under debian (potato runnin kernel 2.2.17) the OS sees only 65 M of memory. I have tried to use the append command mem=768M but it still sees only 65 M? Does anyone have any ideas? -- Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834 I haven't tried on my athlon, but i've heard that grub will autodetect your ram correctly, and pass the info to the kernel. Still doesn't help with the fact that mem= isn't working for you, but its a start :) Erik Bernhardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: System sees only 65M of memory
Art, On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Art Edwards wrote: I just purchased two Athalon-based systems, each with 768M of ram. However, under debian (potato runnin kernel 2.2.17) the OS sees only 65 M of memory. I have tried to use the append command mem=768M but it still sees only 65 M? Does anyone have any ideas? You don't mention the MB your Athlons sit on. Anyhow, I did not yet find one Athlon MB that a kernel finds how much memory is really plugged on. I had/have that trouble with all Athlon MB I touch (gigabyte, abit, aopen). Always have to add the append=mem=...m line to lilo.conf. You mention you use 768 Mb. I guess that is 3x256 or 1x512 + 1x256. Is there an empty first/last memory slot there? In that case you could try to move the memory sitting in the current last/first to the empty slot, start, enter the bios setup, save and check again. ALWAYS enter the bios setup and save, if you change anything in the HW. You'll most surely have to have the append=mem=... line in lilo.conf anyway. You might also want to check the memory with the excellent memtest86 tool http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/ Another thing to try might be to put one memory card at a time. Bad memory in not unusual. Good luck, and please let me know if you make any progress. Cheers, Cristian -- I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. -- Wilson Mizner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: System sees only 65M of memory
On my Athlon, Linux 2.2 sees only 65M of memory without using mem=. Linux 2.4-test seems to fix the problem and detects the memory automatically. On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:56:52PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: I just purchased two Athalon-based systems, each with 768M of ram. However, under debian (potato runnin kernel 2.2.17) the OS sees only 65 M of memory. I have tried to use the append command mem=768M but it still sees only 65 M? Does anyone have any ideas? -- Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp1BMAZbQfrv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: System sees only 65M of memory
Aaron Lehmann wrote: On my Athlon, Linux 2.2 sees only 65M of memory without using mem=. Linux 2.4-test seems to fix the problem and detects the memory automatically. Not sure this may do with Athlon, but for your info; Enhanced memory detection patches http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Memory/ regards, -- Shigekazu Noka [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
