Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-29 Thread Jeff Cours
"Michael R. Batchelor" wrote: > > I guess I'm going to have > > to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. > > How about giving us a little tutorial if you figure it out? I just downloaded the data sheets and found that they run a few hundred pages. It might take a while

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-29 Thread Jeff Cours
"Michael R. Batchelor" wrote: > > I guess I'm going to have > > to download a data sheet and find out how this thing really works. > > How about giving us a little tutorial if you figure it out? I just downloaded the data sheets and found that they run a few hundred pages. It might take a while

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-28 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:38:43 andy b wrote: > ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs > my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only > put > in the 128 meg module) > it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? > Try booting with lilo: linux mem=192M

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-28 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
Jeff Cours wrote: > > actual) is specific to your motherboard chipset as it reserves 1 megabyte of > > the system RAM for use by the video display. > Thanks for the info. What confused me is that the chipset is rated for > 4MB video memory, but it's only remapping 1MB. I guess I'm going to have >

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-28 Thread Jeff Cours
Makis Marmaridis wrote: > This behaviour (having to set the total memory to a meg less than the > actual) is specific to your motherboard chipset as it reserves 1 megabyte of > the system RAM for use by the video display. > > I have seen the mem parameter normally working by using the full amoun

RE: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-27 Thread Makis Marmaridis
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Cours > Sent: Saturday, 28 October 2000 10:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^ > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, andy b wrot

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-27 Thread Jeff Cours
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, andy b wrote: > ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs > my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put > in the 128 meg module) > it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Have you tried using the "mem=" switch in the boot

Re: [expert] here is the $170 question ^__^

2000-10-27 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
andy b wrote: > > ok... I bought 127 megs of ram to add to my 64 megs > my bios recognises 192 megs... but Linux only recognises 64 (even if I only put > in the 128 meg module) > it would be nice to triply my ram... any ideas? Maybe my old brain has dredged out details from 1992, but what happen