[newbie] Checking RAM size
Dear All How to check one's computer RAM size? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Checking RAM size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 17:00, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All How to check one's computer RAM size? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Kcontrol Information Memory Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB987ckFAvMr/nNX8RAoJFAJ95o67P4LSGHMsaUeu9OG0QecazzwCgnFwv qoC5EpI1KyB5fGiTBQ/OI2A= =IBiI -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Checking RAM size
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:09:48 +, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to check one's computer RAM size? Kcontrol Information Memory Thanks a lot, Anne. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] dvd-ram disk
Hello! From what I've read, it is possible to write to dvd-ram disks, but unfortunately I'm not sure how I can do that. Any tips, please ? TIA -- Josenildo Marques ICQ 289971493 +++ Homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net Fotolog http://fotolog.terra.com.br/imaginis usuário Linux registrado No. 341648 ** A arte de ser sábio é a arte de saber o que tolerar. William James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie-it] Ram drive
Ciao a tutti, vorrei fare un ram drive, ma non so proprio da dove cominciare. Qualcuno può darmi una mano? Grazie a tutti, ENx
Re: [newbie-it] RAM
- Original Message - From: CaMiX [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux ML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:30 PM Subject: [newbie-it] RAM Ciao! Qualcuno mi saprebbe dire a grandi lineee (molto grandi) come avviene la gestione della memoria in Linux. Chiusa un'applicazione X, ad esempio (X nel senso sia di generica che nel senso di grafica...) la ram torna ad essere tutta disponibile (cosa che si ha sempre in MS Windows ;? E c'è un modo per liberarla istantaneamente (tipo un comando da shell)? Grazie dei vostri consigli Ciao CaMiX So che c'è il comando da shell ma non me lo ricordo e mi hanno sempre dispensato ad utilizzarlo in quanto il nostro SO non ne ha certo bisogno. Servirebbe solo nel caso linux lanci cacca nella ram ... cosa che non fa ... piuttosto ti riempie di core tutto l'HD Il sistema di billone invece quando ha un casino si ciuccia tutte le tue risorse fino a quando non ti funziona più nemmeno il tasto Block Num :) Hola Hola Mercury
Re: [newbie-it] RAM
Il 22:43, marted 06 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Dopo aver installato MDK 7.2 ,ho variato la mia ram da 64 a 128 mb.Il sistema la riconosce da solo o si devono cambiare dei settaggi da qualche parte? Ciao e grazie. Io ho appena aggiunto un banco di RAM e Linux l'ha vista subito, al primo riavvio...
[newbie-it] RAM
Dopo aver installato MDK 7.2 ,ho variato la mia ram da 64 a 128 mb.Il sistema la riconosce da solo o si devono cambiare dei settaggi da qualche parte? Ciao e grazie.
Re: [newbie-it] RAM
Loris wrote: Dopo aver installato MDK 7.2 ,ho variato la mia ram da 64 a 128 mb.Il sistema la riconosce da solo o si devono cambiare dei settaggi da qualche parte? Ciao e grazie. Io non ho avuto problemi, l'ha riconosciuta da solo. Se noti che il sistema nettamente pi veloce, allora li ha "visti", i mega in pi... Windows dovrebbe rallentare, invece, eh eh! Corrado
Re: [newbie-it] RAM
At 01.09 07/02/2001 +0100, you wrote: A quanto detto prima, devo appunto aggiungere che io uso proprio Grub Corrado Non difficile. cerca la directory di Grub apri con un editor il file menu.lst ed aggiungi mem=128M ,cmq con Mandrake 7.2, puoi usare anche DrakConf per settare la memoria esatta! Stefano Salari wrote: Non credo che se ne accorga da solo ma puoi verificarlo con HardDrake: se non ti vede tutti i 128 Mb ed usi LILO puoi aggiungere la riga append="mem=128M" al file /etc/lilo.conf nella sezione generale. Se usi Grub non saprei. Ciao. Steo. --- Loris [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Dopo aver installato MDK 7.2 ,ho variato la mia ram da 64 a 128 mb.Il sistema la riconosce da solo o si devono cambiare dei settaggi da qualche parte? Ciao e grazie.
[newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP
Ciao a tutti, utilizzo una distribuzione Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un PC con 128 MB di memoria. Ho intenzione di raddoppiare la RAM. Devo aumentare anche le dimensioni della partizione di swap? Fino a quali dimensioni? Grazie a chi vorr rispondermi... Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP
No non devi raddoppiare niente. Se aumenti la ram la partizione di swap servir meno volte, quindi la potresti diminuire,ma non ti conviene lascia tutto come sta (a meno che non ti serve spazio) - Original Message - From: "Daniele Micci" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: [newbie-it] RAM e partizione di SWAP Ciao a tutti, utilizzo una distribuzione Linux Mandrake 7.2 su un PC con 128 MB di memoria. Ho intenzione di raddoppiare la RAM. Devo aumentare anche le dimensioni della partizione di swap? Fino a quali dimensioni? Grazie a chi vorr rispondermi... Daniele
Re[2]: [newbie-it] ram?
Ciao tutti, vorrei confermare anch'io lo stesso problema. Ho 128 Ram più 128 swap... pero' a volta mi blocca tutto, dopo aver aspettato un ora io lo stracco e dopo riparo il file sistem, non mi riesce aspettare 2-3 ore :) Ciao e buone feste... C Simone Deponti wrote: - Original Message - From: Stolf Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: [newbie-it] ram? Ciao a tutti ,sono ancora io che rompo scusatemi ma ho un altro piccolo problemino: i programmi tipo office e anche altri non si caricano è vanno spesso in crash da quando è stato installato mandrake 7.2 powerpack ,pochi giorni fa,partizionando il disco e lasciando anche windows(purtroppo devo usarlo per lavoro!!) sulla prima partizione ho notato che linux quando voglio aprire programmi tipo Star office 5.2 e anche altri programmi forniti tipo netscape etc.non riescono ad aprirsi o si aprono con tempi biblici esemp.netscape 5-10mn parzialmente ,e mi continua a girare il disco fisso permanentemente, sto pensando che si tratti di poca ram ne ho 64mb ,quindi la portero minimo a 128mb...anche se quando uso windows questi problemi non ci sono. fatemi sapere cortesemente se è effettivamente la ram o altro.. grazie Francesco ps dimenticavo con un programma fornito nel powerpack di analisi del sistema non ricordo il nome ho notato che effettivamente la memoria ram era quasi tutta occupata tipo:63000 occupata,1800 libera...mahhh,tra l'altro non avendo in esecuzione niente se non il programma di analisi sistema. Inoltre con il problema che il disco si pianta descritto sopra,devo spegnere forzatamente il pc. ciao non è la ram... io ho un 200Mhz con 64Mb e netscape mi si avvia in un minuto al massimo, staroffice in 1min e 30sec ... per quel che riguarda le statistiche, anche io ne trovo di simili ma non dà così tanti problemi... forse è lo swap (la partizione deve avere al minimo 110-120 Mb) inoltre ti do un consiglio.. NON USARE ENLIGHTENMENT!!! si frega quasi tutte le risorse... sawmill magari è più brutto, ma almeno è leggero :-) e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] C Devo dire che anche a me capita un po' troppo spesso che l'hd si metta a girare C per tre o quattro ore, "congelando" di fatto tutto il sistema... La mia C partizione swap è di 128 mega, a fronte dei 64 di RAM, e uso Sawfish... E' C normale che ciò succeda? Qualcuno potrebbe spiegarmi *esattamente* cosa succeda C in tal frangente? C Grazie. C Corrado -- Best regards, Gigamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie-it] ram?
Ciao a tutti ,sono ancora io che rompo scusatemi ma ho un altro piccolo problemino: i programmi tipo office e anche altri non si caricano è vanno spesso in crash da quando è stato installato mandrake 7.2 powerpack ,pochi giorni fa,partizionando il disco e lasciando anche windows(purtroppo devo usarlo per lavoro!!) sulla prima partizione ho notato che linux quando voglio aprire programmi tipo Star office 5.2 e anche altri programmi forniti tipo netscape etc.non riescono ad aprirsi o si aprono con tempi biblici esemp.netscape 5-10mn parzialmente ,e mi continua a girare il disco fisso permanentemente, sto pensando che si tratti di poca ram ne ho 64mb ,quindi la portero minimo a 128mb...anche se quando uso windows questi problemi non ci sono. fatemi sapere cortesemente se è effettivamente la ram o altro.. grazie Francesco ps dimenticavo con un programma fornito nel powerpack di analisi del sistema non ricordo il nome ho notato che effettivamente la memoria ram era quasi tutta occupata tipo:63000 occupata,1800 libera...mahhh,tra l'altro non avendo in esecuzione niente se non il programma di analisi sistema. Inoltre con il problema che il disco si pianta descritto sopra,devo spegnere forzatamente il pc. ciao e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[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
RE: [newbie] setting RAM (and LILO parameters)
Thanks to everybody who helped me, I just wanted to add a little comment about "setting RAM". In SuSE Linux (6.2), There has to be commas between parameters in /etc/lilo.conf . Otherwise it doesn't work. How are the other distros ? Is there a lot differences like this one between distros ? Thanks Martin Marier
[newbie] setting RAM
Hello list, I'm having problems letting Linux know that I have 96 MB of RAM (it only sees 64 MB). I tried edit lilo.conf file adding a parameter in the append line : append="hdb=ide_scsi,mem=96M" But it doesn't work. The memory is still at 64MB and /dev/hdb remains an IDE drive. It used to look like this and everything workes fine (except for the memory) : append="hdb=ide_scsi" Thanks for helping ! Martin Marier
Re: [newbie] setting RAM
Martin Marier wrote: Hello list, I'm having problems letting Linux know that I have 96 MB of RAM (it only sees 64 MB). I tried edit lilo.conf file adding a parameter in the append line : append="hdb=ide_scsi,mem=96M" append="hdb=ide-scsi mem=96M" ^^ Martin, make the 2 changes above, if that doesn't work do it in linuxconf and reboot. Bill. But it doesn't work. The memory is still at 64MB and /dev/hdb remains an IDE drive. It used to look like this and everything workes fine (except for the memory) : append="hdb=ide_scsi" Thanks for helping ! Martin Marier
[newbie] Re: RAM limitation?
To the List: I have an Athlon 550 based system, FIC motherboard with 96 Megs of PC-100 DRAM. I have installed Mandrake 6.5. Why does the system report only 64 Megs of RAM? I've checked the messages file in /var/log, I've looked at the KDE panel and the memory reported is always 64 Megs. Is there a need to patch the kernel in some way? Thank You for any info on this. W. Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Appending Ram
Thanks for the advice-- it worked. I hadn't noticed append line seemed to contain duplications. It wouldn't work until I created a new lable (linux2) in linuxconf and specified 128 ram. Now the default (linux) recognizes the right amount of memory. Thanks Jon Bob - Original Message - From: Jon Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Appending Ram I don't know if it is too long but perhaps it is the two (2) copies of ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 throwing you off... Perhaps you should copy the linux labeled area to a new name, remove the second copy of IDE statements. Rerun lilo, boot it, try it, and see what happens... Bob wrote: I've read several posts on memory. Linux only recognises 64mb instead of 128mb of my memory. Below is lilo.conf boot=/dev/hde8 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe other=/dev/hde1 label=dos table=/dev/hde image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hde9 append="ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 mem=128M" read-only As you can see the append line is rather long. To long? I think the other stuff in the append line refers to my ata66 HD but not sure.Any help Please Thanks Bob
[newbie] Appending Ram
I've read several posts on memory. Linux only recognises 64mb instead of 128mb of my memory. Below is lilo.conf boot=/dev/hde8map=/boot/mapinstall=/boot/boot.bvga=normaldefault=linuxkeytable=/boot/us.kltdisk=/dev/hde bios=0x80prompttimeout=50message=/boot/messageother=/dev/fd0label=floppyunsafeother=/dev/hde1label=dostable=/dev/hdeimage=/boot/vmlinuzlabel=linuxroot=/dev/hde9append="ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 mem=128M"read-onlyAs you can see the append line is rather long. To long?I think the other stuff in the append line refers to my ata66 HDbut not sure.Any help PleaseThanks Bob
Re: [newbie] Appending Ram
I don't know if it is too long but perhaps it is the two (2) copies of ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 throwing you off... Perhaps you should copy the linux labeled area to a new name, remove the second copy of IDE statements. Rerun lilo, boot it, try it, and see what happens... Bob wrote: I've read several posts on memory. Linux only recognises 64mb instead of 128mb of my memory. Below is lilo.conf boot=/dev/hde8 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe other=/dev/hde1 label=dos table=/dev/hde image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hde9 append="ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 mem=128M" read-only As you can see the append line is rather long. To long? I think the other stuff in the append line refers to my ata66 HD but not sure.Any help Please Thanks Bob
Re: [newbie] Appending Ram
Bob said: I've read several posts on memory. Linux only recognises 64mb instead of 128mb of my memory. Below is lilo.conf append="ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 ide2=0xcc00,0xd002 ide3=0xd800,0xdc02 mem=128M" read-only I had to use 124M because my onboard video uses 4M. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
did the append line work for you after you joined the two together with a comma? I can't check right now, but have a read of man lilo.conf There's bound to be an example somewhere Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 14/02/2000 22:22:49 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? If I don't have it, my cdwriter won't work. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
actually, I had to put append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256M" Thanks thogh, got me closer - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? did the append line work for you after you joined the two together with a comma? I can't check right now, but have a read of man lilo.conf There's bound to be an example somewhere Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 14/02/2000 22:22:49 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? If I don't have it, my cdwriter won't work. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
If I don't have it, my cdwriter won't work. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I believe it should be mem=256M Either way, try something like append="hdd=ide-scsi,mem=256M" and rerun /sbin/lilo Do you definately need the "hdd=ide-scsi" comment? Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst "Brent Timmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13/02/2000 17:16:30 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append? I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe it should be mem=256M One thing that kept that statement from working for me for a while was my failing to subtract the 4M that my onboard video was using. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Getting where I want to be with Corel Linux
[newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas?
Re: [newbie] Missing Ram -- Append?
I have 256mb of ram, but linux only shows 64. I got a not from someone telling me to add the line: apppend="mem=256" to my lilo.conf file. The probelm is, there is already one there for something else. How do I combine the two(lilo won't run until there's only one)? The I tried to put: append="hdd=ide-scsi mem=256" I saw the hdd-ide-scsi come up when booting, but a few lines after that my computer froze with the message: kernal panic: kmem_cache_sizes_init: Error creating caches In Swappertask = not syncing Good thing I had a boot disk... Anyone have any ideas? Add append="mem=256" to the end of the 'linux' entry in lilo.conf. You can get rid of any other entry that is anywhere else.
Re: [newbie] Stupid RAM troubles.
At 05:45 PM 2/7/00 -0800, you wrote: OK, i had MDK 6.1 on my syatem a week ago, and in my lilo.conf file i added append="mem=128M" to get all my 128M of RAM supported. But now with MDK 7, this does crap, and I still get 64Ms at boot. Running Netscape and other things all at once *deserve* all my RAM, but i just cant get it supported. What is one to do? How do i get ALL my RAM supported?? Maybe MDK 7.0 overwrite lilo.conf; see if that line is missing and if so, re-add it. -- .*. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not -()circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a `*' straight line."- -- B. Mandelbrot |http://surf.to/pgd.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ | Paul Derbyshire Programmer Humanist|ICQ: 10423848|
[newbie] Stupid RAM troubles.
OK, i had MDK 6.1 on my syatem a week ago, and in my lilo.conf file i added append="mem=128M" to get all my 128M of RAM supported. But now with MDK 7, this does crap, and I still get 64Ms at boot. Running Netscape and other things all at once *deserve* all my RAM, but i just cant get it supported. What is one to do? How do i get ALL my RAM supported?? thanks ~Jerrud D.
Re: [newbie] DVD-RAM?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: with a standard dvd my cd-r just spits them backout. Will it write to a standard cd-r? According to the manufacturer's web page, no. I haven't gotten the drive yet so I'm not sure from personal experience. I suspect I can trust them on this. I think it's safe to assume booting from a dvd isn't a major problem SuSE is doing it. Basicly what was done was just to allow for a 4gig iso9660 filesystem. Okay, I already have a normal DVD drive on this box and I have been booting CDs from it but never a DVD since software isn't usually distributed that way. It is good to hear that at least one of the distributions is doing it. cdrecord is your only option barring another OS. I remeber hearing about a packet driver maybe being started, but don't know what became of it. Standard usage of even cd-rw drives use cdrecord's -blank switch to re prep the disk for a re-write. I was afraid of that SIGH. Oh well, since you have heard that cdrecord works with DVD-Ram it isn't that big a deal. At least there is a solution that works GRIN. Thanks. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
[newbie] DVD-RAM?
There seems to be a lot of information out there about using the recordable CD formats but I was wondering, does anyone know what is involved in getting started with a scsi DVD-RAM drive? Is there an FAQ or project you can point me to? Thanks. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [newbie] DVD-RAM?
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Traci Collins wrote: There seems to be a lot of information out there about using the recordable CD formats but I was wondering, does anyone know what is involved in getting started with a scsi DVD-RAM drive? Is there an FAQ or project you can point me to? Thanks. _basicly_ it's no different than any other cdwriter. execute cdrecord -scanbus and it should pick it up no problem. You just need to make sure you don't go over the size when you do your mkisofs. Theres maybe a link on the cdrecord homepage to a gui util that won't whine about going over 650 megs. There was a link at one time to an observatory useing cdrecord to burn thier dvd's. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [newbie] DVD-RAM?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: _basicly_ it's no different than any other cdwriter. execute cdrecord -scanbus and it should pick it up no problem. You just need to make sure you don't go over the size when you do your mkisofs. Theres maybe a link on the cdrecord homepage to a gui util that won't whine about going over 650 megs. There was a link at one time to an observatory useing cdrecord to burn thier dvd's. I found the second link but I wasn't sure it would directly apply to me since I didn't have daily data requirements of that size. I am still fuzzy about a couple of things, if you don't mind continuing to help I would like to ask a couple of followup questions. Once I have sent an ISO image to my DVD-Ram disk can the resultant disk be read by a standard CD-ROM drive as long as I keep the size under 650 megs? If not, can it at least be booted in a DVD-ROM drive to do things like operating system installs? When I am just using a DVD-Ram disk for backup or extra storage space do I even have to use something like cdrecord? Or since it is a scsi drive and I have a working scsi driver can I put an ext2 fs on it and just copy or move things to it via normal linux commands? I think I will understand the role of the cdwriter program a bit better if I have the answer to these three questions. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [newbie] Major RAM Problem
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote: I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is caldera 2.3. Please help. The line you need to add is: append 'mem=128mb' (Including quotes.) NOT "RAM=128MB". That SHOULD fix it. Add that statement to your /etc/lilo.conf at the end and re-run /sbin/lilo and it should work. Also, have you verified that you do NOT have "memory hole" set in your BIOS? I think it typically defaults to "ON" and you need to have it set to "off." John
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Seung-woo Nam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think append line should read:
append=mem=128mb
Seung-woo Nam
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I think you need quotation marks (") following the first = and after the mb.
append="mem=128mb"
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Re: [Re: [newbie] Major RAM Problem]
Yes, you have to put this line in the lilo.conf file.
append="mem=128mb"
Then run the
/sbin/lilo
Charlotte
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Seung-woo Nam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think append line should read:
append=mem=128mb
Seung-woo Nam
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I think you need quotation marks (") following the first = and after
the mb.
append="mem=128mb"
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Re: [newbie] Major RAM Problem
I think append line should read: append=mem=128mb Seung-woo Nam Payne Stanifer wrote: I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is caldera 2.3. Please help. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Major RAM Problem
I am having troubles with Linux not recgnizing my 128mb of ram. I added the append RAM=128MB to my lilo.conf, but it didn't work. By the way, this is caldera 2.3. Please help. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] Linux RAM problem
I have a problem with Linux Mandrae 6.0 (Venus). When I boot up my computer, the BIOS reads that I have 65535 K of ram (64 megs). However, when I reach the Shell Log In screen, the system reports that I have only 16 megs of RAM. What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? I am using the default kernel (I think it's 2.2.2-17), an AMD-K6 233, on a Tyan Tomcat motherboard. I have four 8 meg RAM chips. Also, when I recently tried to reinstall, the system kicks me out with a "Signal 3" error. I don't remember what the exact message is anymore, since I'm now reinstalling Windows 95 until I can get a good book (or a reply from this mailing list). Eventually, I want to network two computers for Internet Sharing of a Cable Modem (yep, IP Masquerading), and I know that Windows is paltry for that, but I can't even get PPP working in KDE yet (I have the update on my drive here, if only I can get a disk). I'm also hoping to get file sharing working as well, and I ultimately hope to get a small web server up for a personal web page. So I'll come back and ask about those sorts of things when I can get Linux detecting my RAM properly. (Side note, I used to be subscribed as "Digest" when the mail flow got too high, but that way, I couldn't seem to post! Arrgh!!!) -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
Re: [newbie] Linux RAM problem
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: I have a problem with Linux Mandrae 6.0 (Venus). When I boot up my computer, the BIOS reads that I have 65535 K of ram (64 megs). However, when I reach the Shell Log In screen, the system reports that I have only 16 megs of RAM. What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? Later (2.2.x) kernels are SUPPOSED to have fixed this. Try typing: append="mem=64M" at the LILO prompt (INCLUDING quotes this time...) John
Re: [newbie] Linux RAM problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a problem with Linux Mandrae 6.0 (Venus). When I boot up my computer, the BIOS reads that I have 65535 K of ram (64 megs). However, when I reach the Shell Log In screen, the system reports that I have only 16 megs of RAM. What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? Can you post the output of the 'free' command? Also, try 'dmesg | grep Memory' and send that too. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Linux RAM problem
What's the deal? what do I do to make it detect my 64 megs of RAM? Can you post the output of the 'free' command? Also, try 'dmesg | grep Memory' and send that too. Sure can! (By the way, at the LILO prompt, I can type "linux mem=64M" and it will work just fine, but in /etc/lilo.conf, line five reads "append="mem=64M"" and it seems to do nothing.) These are both typed in as the Root user, at the Bash shell prompt. -- # Free total usedfreeshared buffers cached Mem:13604 13332 272 10612 720 7176 -/+ buffers/cache:5436 8168 Swap: 84636 120 84516 # dmesg | grep Memory Memory: 13556k/15360k available (956k kernel code, 408k reserved, 392k data, 48k init) -- -- /-|rcana - - * - - Araby Weyr Fandom: http://members.tripod.com/~Araby/ Tales of Midgar- FF7: http://members.tripod.com/~ArcanaTxM/ Xenogears Interactive Fiction: http://members.tripod.com/~project_xat/ Xenogears - Guardian Angels: http://www.zenogias.com/Guardian
Re: [newbie] Linux Ram limits?
Thanks Steve , The reason i was planning to go with the large ram is mostly for the windows side of the system. There are some tools I use that aren't ported to linux as of yet. i was just concerned that Linux might have a little trouble with it. I will be able to spare room for the swap, but once again I wasn't sure if there were limits to what Linux can see. I've been reading some on vmware, as a option of no longer dual booting. I have found Linux to be more stable, as well as just being fun. I now spend over 95% of my time in linux, I just wish that could be 100%. Like always thanks for your feedback Steven G
[newbie] Linux Ram limits?
I'm building myself a system up. I was planning to run 256 megs of sdram in the system. I have always heard that linux can't see over 256 megs of ram. So, my question is would i still need a swap partition? Thanks Steven
