Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
"Michael R. Batchelor" wrote: I guess I'm going to have to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. How about giving us a little tutorial if you figure it out? I just downloaded the data sheets and found that they run a few hundred pages. It might take a while to get through this stuff, but if I do make it through and can make heads or tails of it, I'll post a summary. - Jeff Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
"Michael R. Batchelor" wrote: I guess I'm going to have to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. How about giving us a little tutorial if you figure it out? I just downloaded the data sheets and found that they run a few hundred pages. It might take a while to get through this stuff, but if I do make it through and can make heads or tails of it, I'll post a summary. - Jeff Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
Makis Marmaridis wrote: This behaviour (having to set the total memory to a meg less than the actual) is specific to your motherboard chipset as it reserves 1 megabyte of the system RAM for use by the video display. I have seen the mem parameter normally working by using the full amount of physical memory (except of course in the case of i810 chipsets!). Thanks for the info. What confused me is that the chipset is rated for 4MB video memory, but it's only remapping 1MB. I guess I'm going to have to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. - Jeff Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
Jeff Cours wrote: actual) is specific to your motherboard chipset as it reserves 1 megabyte of the system RAM for use by the video display. Thanks for the info. What confused me is that the chipset is rated for 4MB video memory, but it's only remapping 1MB. I guess I'm going to have to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. How about giving us a little tutorial if you figure it out? MB -- Michael R. Batchelor - Industrial Informatics Instrumentation, Inc. Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:38:43 andy b wrote: ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put in the 128 meg module) it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Try booting with lilo: linux mem=192M If it works, add it permanent in lilo.conf: append="mem=192M" -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
andy b wrote: ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put in the 128 meg module) it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Maybe my old brain has dredged out details from 1992, but what happens if you remove the 64MB SDRAM and put the 128MB SDRAM in socket 0? Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://ronandheather.dhs.org | +--+ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, andy b wrote: ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put in the 128 meg module) it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Have you tried using the "mem=" switch in the bootloader? On a 512MB system, I had to append "mem=511M" to the "linux" line under /boot/menu.lst, winding up with a line that looks like this: title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hd5 mem=511M Note that the number is one less than the total number of meg in the syste. I don't know if that's necessary in general, or just in the specific case of the i810-based motherboard I'm using, but if I set it to 512M I get a kernel panic during boot-up. - Jeff Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Cours Sent: Saturday, 28 October 2000 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^ On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, andy b wrote: ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put in the 128 meg module) it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Have you tried using the "mem=" switch in the bootloader? On a 512MB system, I had to append "mem=511M" to the "linux" line under /boot/menu.lst, winding up with a line that looks like this: title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hd5 mem=511M Note that the number is one less than the total number of meg in the syste. I don't know if that's necessary in general, or just in the specific case of the i810-based motherboard I'm using, but if I set it to 512M I get a kernel panic during boot-up. - Jeff This behaviour (having to set the total memory to a meg less than the actual) is specific to your motherboard chipset as it reserves 1 megabyte of the system RAM for use by the video display. I have seen the mem parameter normally working by using the full amount of physical memory (except of course in the case of i810 chipsets!). Cheers, Makis. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
