dont forget after modifying the lilo.conf file, you must execute
/sbin/lilo as root to make the changes effective.
hope that helps...
From: Fernando García Arranz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Problems with the RAM
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000
If you go to linuxnewbie.org and read the article "Where's the RAM" I
think you will be able to solve the problem.
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Fernando Garcia Arranz wrote:
I've got a problem with the memory of my PC in Linux. I've got 128 Mb
but Linux just recognize 64Mb. What can I do ?
Fernando García Arranz wrote:
I've got a problem with the memory of my PC in Linux. I've got 128 Mb
but Linux just recognize 64Mb. What can I do ? I've tried to insert the
line "append=128M " into the lilo.conf file , but it doesn't work. Could
you give an answer, please.
I was having the
David:
I also tried the append="mem=192M" in lilo.conf and then lilo at the prompt,
didn't work. I also tried lilo -v (which was reported to work) but no such
luck.
On the other hand Mandrake 7.0 recognizes a video card that Windows 98
refuses to recognize so I guess the extra line at log in
Have you taken into account if a video card is using some of the system RAM??
ie: 192 RAM - 4 MB video = 188RAM
Just a thought...:)
Jaguar
Charles Wackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David:
I also tried the append="mem=192M" in lilo.conf and then lilo at the
prompt,
didn't work. I also
This is very easy to fix:
1) Login as root (or su at a command prompt)
2) Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf
3) Under the "label = linux" line add the line: append = "mem=xxxMB"
4) Save the changes
5) run "lilo" (without the quotes) at the prompt.
Just adding the append statement to lilo.conf isn't
I checked that in video card documentation Diamond Stealth III S-540 uses only its
onboard 16megs of memory. Anyway, Linux accepts the 192 megs when I log in at lilo
with
"linuxmem =192M" Plus, the lilo.conf file has the append mem=192M all to no
avail.
Thanks for the suggestion
