Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
Dacia and AzureRose wrote: It must be manufacturer because I've never had mandrake not detect all of my ram yet my brother had to do the lilo thing to use his second 128M stick. Dacia --- Patti Wavinak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My better half g has 256M and it is detected on every installation...I on the other hand also have 256M and it does NOT detect it :-( Personally he thinks it depends on who made the chip...some chips are more sensitive than others. We have the same amount of memory but different manufacturers so what he thinks makes a lot of sense. Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/10/00, 6:04:21 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] RAM Detection: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ In my opinion it has nothing with the manufacturer to do - I had mine 256 Mb detected alright, and then changed to another MOBO - Abit BP6 - and then I had only 64 Mb. My solution was to upgrade to a new BIOS version - now I have them all again. Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 -- My installation went as smooth as silk, with the exception of my sound card. And here is the kicker...In Windows I couldn't run more than 800x640 res, while in Linux I can go 1024x724. Figure that out, eh? Jay "Every man dies, not every man really lives." http://www.mrsnooky.com
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 Never had a problem with my 128M being recognised, either with 7.0 or 7.1 Roger
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
And here is the kicker...In Windows I couldn't run more than 800x640 res, while in Linux I can go 1024x724. Figure that out, eh? This is a function of the video drivers you have installed on both operating systems. You could fix it in Windows but you have to go to a different conference for help :-) Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
A V Flinsch wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, you wrote: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 Detection of the correct amount of ram depends on the computer's bios. Most detect correctly, others do not. Yours worked correctly. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) Sorry to butt in. Isn't this a limitation of the kernel? -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
It must be manufacturer because I've never had mandrake not detect all of my ram yet my brother had to do the lilo thing to use his second 128M stick. Dacia --- Patti Wavinak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My better half g has 256M and it is detected on every installation...I on the other hand also have 256M and it does NOT detect it :-( Personally he thinks it depends on who made the chip...some chips are more sensitive than others. We have the same amount of memory but different manufacturers so what he thinks makes a lot of sense. Patti Registered Linux User #184611 Original Message On 9/10/00, 6:04:21 AM, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [newbie] RAM Detection: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
Hi Dennis, I didn't have any trouble when I installed Mandrake on my machine at work. It too has 128MB RAM. I think though it's got something to do with the mobo that's being used. I guess some do and some don't. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496 On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation?
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
We have identical motherboards and the mobo detects all of my ram -- go figure ;-) Patti Registered Linux User 184611 Original Message On 9/9/00, 7:55:45 PM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] RAM Detection: Hi Dennis, I didn't have any trouble when I installed Mandrake on my machine at work. It too has 128MB RAM. I think though it's got something to do with the mobo that's being used. I guess some do and some don't. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496 On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation?
Re: [newbie] RAM Detection
I know that the 15-16M hole that's in a lot of BIOSes will make it misreport - Original Message - From: "Dennis Myers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: [newbie] RAM Detection I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot with Win98 and found that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why would it work on my machine when I read that so many others must do the append mem= thing to get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just curious, cause maybe there is something in autodetect that happens during config. Has anyone else seen the correct ram detected during installation? -- Dennis a registered linux user #180842
Re: [newbie] RAM detection problem ?
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Tomer Weller wrote: My Mandrake7 detects 65mb of RAM,. while I have 128. what can be the issue ? Here is what worked for me. Log in as root to edit your "lilo.conf" file. Add the following line; append="mem=128M" I put mine just after the line "timeout" line. Run lilo again like so.. /sbin/lilo This will update your lilo, reboot and voila you have 128M Ram. - hope this helps - -- best regards -michael Michael Chopek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Down to Earth Development Ltd - http://www.d2earth.com/ Website Web Applications Development Selena Sol's WebWare Mail List - http://www.d2earth.com/mail_list.html
Re: [newbie] RAM detection problem ?
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Tomer Weller wrote: My Mandrake7 detects 65mb of RAM,. while I have 128. what can be the issue ? Edit your /etc/lilo.conf and put in "append=mem=128M" I think. Double-check the archives for this. Strangely enough, Mandrake 6.0 sees all 192 megs of memory in my system. :-) John
Re: [newbie] RAM detection problem ?
My lilo.conf file has the syntax looking a little different: append="mem=128M" Maybe this is an aesthetic thing. I don't know if both ways work. Matt From: John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RAM detection problem ? Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:37:58 -0500 On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Tomer Weller wrote: My Mandrake7 detects 65mb of RAM,. while I have 128. what can be the issue ? Edit your /etc/lilo.conf and put in "append=mem=128M" I think. Double-check the archives for this. Strangely enough, Mandrake 6.0 sees all 192 megs of memory in my system. :-) John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
