[newbie] 128mb ram is detected as 64mb by linux
dear newbies; i have 128mb sdram running on my system. My bios, windows and benchmark programs detect it as 128mb too. but under linux mandrake 7.0 i see it as 64mb. I made a little search and learnt that ive to add line "append="mem=128M"" at the end of my lilo.conf file but it didnt work too, at least i think so, because my linux system resource meter still shows it as 64mb. If my config were succesfull it would show 128mb, right? im a little bit confused about this, pls help. tnx all! _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [newbie] 128mb ram is detected as 64mb by linux
ozgur cagdas wrote: dear newbies; i have 128mb sdram running on my system. My bios, windows and benchmark programs detect it as 128mb too. but under linux mandrake 7.0 i see it as 64mb. I made a little search and learnt that ive to add line "append="mem=128M"" at the end of my lilo.conf file but it didnt work too, at least i think so, because my linux system resource meter still shows it as 64mb. If my config were succesfull it would show 128mb, right? im a little bit confused about this, pls help. tnx all! Hey First a 'standard' questions: have you done a "lilo" (as root) after you have changed your lilo.conf? Next: which mobo are you using? explanation: I have a Abit BP6 with 256 mb - it would not see more than 64 mb! (like in your case BIOS and Windoze could see it all). An BIOS-upgrade solved the problem. It's not to say if it can help you, but give it a try Good luck Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] 128mb ram is detected as 64mb by linux
ozgur cagdas wrote: dear newbies; i have 128mb sdram running on my system. My bios, windows and benchmark programs detect it as 128mb too. but under linux mandrake 7.0 i see it as 64mb. I made a little search and learnt that ive to add line "append="mem=128M"" at the end of my lilo.conf file but it didnt work too, at least i think so, because my linux system resource meter still shows it as 64mb. If my config were succesfull it would show 128mb, right? im a little bit confused about this, pls help. tnx all! [snip] ozgurperhaps removing the outside set of quotes will allow the append to work: append="mem=128M" Alan
Re: [newbie] 128mb ram is detected as 64mb by linux
yes...and don't forget to run lilo from the command line before you reboot. Hmm...I feel kinda funny saying that about linux. The word is so seldom associated with the thing. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496 On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: ozgur cagdas wrote: dear newbies; i have 128mb sdram running on my system. My bios, windows and benchmark programs detect it as 128mb too. but under linux mandrake 7.0 i see it as 64mb. I made a little search and learnt that ive to add line "append="mem=128M"" at the end of my lilo.conf file but it didnt work too, at least i think so, because my linux system resource meter still shows it as 64mb. If my config were succesfull it would show 128mb, right? im a little bit confused about this, pls help. tnx all! [snip] ozgurperhaps removing the outside set of quotes will allow the append to work: append="mem=128M" Alan
