Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Thanks everyone for the help. I was missing the M so 256M works fine and I am a happy bunny. Sorry for the delay in replying but I have been travelling (and installing more Mandrake very successfully). David
[expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Hi, As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the bios at boot time). The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is only finding 64mb). The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so far as I can see. I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes the kernel to hang on bootup. I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM. Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any difference. Thanks Dave
Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Don't know if it works, but have you tried appending 255M instead of 256? I remember to have read something about this on the utah-glx list, and it seemed to help... On Mar 10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the bios at boot time). The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is only finding 64mb). The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so far as I can see. I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes the kernel to hang on bootup. I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM. Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any difference. Thanks Dave -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee... Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes the kernel to hang on bootup. Umm...I *could* be wrong, but I *think* the line should be: append='mem=256MB' Give that a shot and see if it helps. Or, maybe someone will correct me, but I'm pretty sure the syntax I gave is correct. Syntax is VERY important! John
Fwd: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Here's what Axalon told me. I had it pretty close... Just don't need the "B" in 256MB. :-) So, the CORRECT syntax (as I gather from Axalon's correction) is: append='mem=256M' In other words, I think you need to include the phrase "append=" John Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:10:54 -0700 (MST) From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes the kernel to hang on bootup. Umm...I *could* be wrong, but I *think* the line should be: append='mem=256MB' Give that a shot and see if it helps. Or, maybe someone will correct me, but I'm pretty sure the syntax I gave is correct. Syntax is VERY important! John mem=256M I'd test 'mem=256MB' for ya but well.. rpmbuilder@Elminster ~ $ uname -r uptime 2.2.14-15mdksmp 9:06am up 43 days, 12:01, 6 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 kinda in the middle of an indurance test for Air :) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon ---
Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Yeah, I think you would get a hang with append="mem=256" try append="mem=256M" You said you have 256mb not 256b didn't you? Or was that a typo in the message? David Warnock wrote: Hi, As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the bios at boot time). The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is only finding 64mb). The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so far as I can see. I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes the kernel to hang on bootup. I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM. Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any difference. Thanks Dave
Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
- Original Message - From: Tom Berkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found Yeah, I think you would get a hang with append="mem=256" try append="mem=256M" You said you have 256mb not 256b didn't you? Or was that a typo in the message? You should first try a value at the LILO prompt (after hitting teh tab key on boot) before putting it in lilo.conf. Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
