Re: > 64Meg RAM question

[Charlie Hedlin <charlie@hedlin.com>]

You can easily go to a 2.2. kernel without changing the distribution.  
download the source from ftp.kernel.org or a mirror, it compiles easily.
Check make-kpkg if you want to make a debian package from the kernel.

The 2.2 kernel may or may not see the memory, again, try the mem=64m on
the kenrel command line.  you can just use linux mem=64m at the lilo boot:
prompt.

> 
> ..... etc.
> 
> Will stepping up to potato (I assume that's what you mean by a 2.2
> based kernel) necessarily fix the memory problem?  Also,
> how big a headache am I in for in compiling the kernel and pcmcia
> services?  I'm a bit of a novice at this Linux system administration
> stuff, although I've been a Unix user for years.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Biff
> 
> 
> >If you have not yet, now is a good time to move up to a 2.2 based kernel. 
> >Beyond that, does your bios see the mem?  Do you see it at boot time?
> >
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