Re: [[newbie] Ram Problems]
RTFM - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 4:55 AM Subject: Re: [[newbie] Ram Problems] > "Charles Ulwelling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am having trouble with Linux Mandrake 7 recognizing all my ram. I have > > 256megs in my system and Mandrake only recognizes 64 megs of that when I > > boot. I have an Abit BE6 motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > Pendragon > == > Try adding the line > append="mem=256M" > to /etc/lilo.conf > Then run /sbin/lilo > > All of this must be donw as root user, of course ;o) > Mike > > > ~~~ > "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." > --Tom Waits ~~~ > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. >
Re: [[newbie] Ram Problems]
Re: [[newbie] Ram Problems]
Okay, one more time. You should not just blindly add the line 'append="128M" ' to lilo.conf. You need to test it first. To test it, when linux first boots you will have a boot: prompt. -boot: -Type at the prompt linux mem=128M -This sets the RAM manually for this session (until you reboot only) -When I did this I achieved kernel panic, so I rebooted and tried mem=127M & this worked fine. -I now went to lilo.conf and added the line append=mem="127M" & rebooted -When I rebooted it still only recognized 64MB of RAM -What I discovered was that I already had an append line in lilo.conf 'append="ide=scsi" for my CD burner. Linux only recognizes one append line in lilo.conf -I edited this line to read 'append="ide=scsi mem=127M" ' & rebooted and all is well. ---Mark Irving--- - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 6:55 AM Subject: Re: [[newbie] Ram Problems] >
Re: [newbie] Ram Problems
Enterprise2001 wrote: > Yep, try adding > > append="mem=256M" > > under the entry for your Linux kernel image in lilo.conf (usually in /etc) > then run > > lilo -v > > This worked for me. Except I have 128 MB RAM and mine says 128M instead of > 256M. I hear it could get ugly if you remove RAM so keep boot disk with out > this set. > > "Knowledge is Power" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Original Message - > From: Charles Ulwelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:12 PM > Subject: [newbie] Ram Problems > > > I am having trouble with Linux Mandrake 7 recognizing all my ram. I have > > 256megs in my system and Mandrake only recognizes 64 megs of that when I > > boot. I have an Abit BE6 motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > Pendragon > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com Thanks for the advice it worked like a charm. I appreciate all you guys responces. later, charles ulwelling
Re: [newbie] Ram Problems
Pendragon, I have similar problems. As yet, I do not have an answer. HOwever, Linux does seem to report an unusally high amount of memory for my system in other areas. I am just wondering if it uses the >64 area for something else. Wayne
Re: [newbie] Ram Problems
Yep, try adding append="mem=256M" under the entry for your Linux kernel image in lilo.conf (usually in /etc) then run lilo -v This worked for me. Except I have 128 MB RAM and mine says 128M instead of 256M. I hear it could get ugly if you remove RAM so keep boot disk with out this set. "Knowledge is Power" [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Charles Ulwelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:12 PM Subject: [newbie] Ram Problems > I am having trouble with Linux Mandrake 7 recognizing all my ram. I have > 256megs in my system and Mandrake only recognizes 64 megs of that when I > boot. I have an Abit BE6 motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks > Pendragon > __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Ram Problems
I am having trouble with Linux Mandrake 7 recognizing all my ram. I have 256megs in my system and Mandrake only recognizes 64 megs of that when I boot. I have an Abit BE6 motherboard. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Pendragon
Re: [newbie] RAM Problems
Using LILO? When you boot linux, start it with LILO: linux mem=128M It should come up with the full 128 meg. Try it by using 'free' from a shell. To make it automatic, edit /etc/lilo.conf and add the line append="mem=128M" to each stanza you use to boot linux. Enjoy the extra memory Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15/02/2000 10:00:26 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] RAM Problems I have a Micron system: 533 MHz Pentium III (Katmai), Via Apollo chipset, and 128 MB of 133MHz SDRAM. I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my system, and it only sees 64 MB of RAM (instead of 128). Can anyone out there help me figure out what the problem is? Alan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is brought to you by the Stanford Alumni Association and Critical Path.
[newbie] RAM Problems
I have a Micron system: 533 MHz Pentium III (Katmai), Via Apollo chipset, and 128 MB of 133MHz SDRAM. I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on my system, and it only sees 64 MB of RAM (instead of 128). Can anyone out there help me figure out what the problem is? Alan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is brought to you by the Stanford Alumni Association and Critical Path.
