Re: BIOS reports more memory than kernel finds

2003-08-26 Thread D. A. Provins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Elie and Bob: Thanks for the pointer to the root parameter "mem". I should have known about it, but didn't. Your suggestion worked like a charm. Regards, Dean - -- Dean Provins [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: BIOS reports more memory than kernel finds

2003-08-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Dean Allen Provins wrote: > I just added another 32 + 64 MB of memory to an older Pentium 1 (2 72 > pin SIMMS each). There was already 32 MB installed, so this should have > totalled 128 MB. The BIOS finds about 117 MB, and the kernel (2.2.18) > finds just 65 MB. Read this for the details: ht

Re: BIOS reports more memory than kernel finds

2003-08-24 Thread Elie De Brauwer
I assume you are still using lilo to boot it, just try adding 'mem=128' to your lilo prompt and see if this helps. hth Elie De Brauwer > I just added another 32 + 64 MB of memory to an older Pentium 1 (2 72 > pin SIMMS each). There was already 32 MB installed, so this should have > totalled

BIOS reports more memory than kernel finds

2003-08-24 Thread Dean Allen Provins
Hello: I just added another 32 + 64 MB of memory to an older Pentium 1 (2 72 pin SIMMS each). There was already 32 MB installed, so this should have totalled 128 MB. The BIOS finds about 117 MB, and the kernel (2.2.18) finds just 65 MB. Any ideas on what is happening, or how it can be fixed? T