Re: Detecting more than 16Meg's on a Compaq ?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I can't seem to make my Compaq recognize more than the first 16 MB. I have >read the boot prompt-HOWTO, where it says, that >I shall type type 'mem=XX'. Easy, except it boots up before I can type >that. If you want to get at the lilo prompt, you can hi

Re: Detecting more than 16Meg's on a Compaq ?

Not meaning to try the obvious ;-), but does the machine itself register all xxx megs of memory. I have seen Compaqs, Packards, etc. that need a jumper to go past xx amount of memory. Perhaps this is the problem. If not, everyone else can just store this little snipet of info. -- TO UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Detecting more than 16Meg's on a Compaq ?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I can't seem to make my Compaq recognize more than the first 16 MB. I have >read the boot prompt-HOWTO, where it says, that >I shall type type 'mem=XX'. Easy, except it boots up before I can type >that. If you want to get at the lilo prompt, you can hit s

Detecting more than 16Meg's on a Compaq ?

Hi! I can't seem to make my Compaq recognize more than the first 16 MB. I have read the boot prompt-HOWTO, where it says, that I shall type type 'mem=XX'. Easy, except it boots up before I can type that. So, I looked a little on LILO, to try and find something about a startup delay, or telling LI