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Re: Thinkpad 600E memory & Potato



>>>>> "Paul" == paul marwick <paulm@55waitrose.com> writes:

    Paul> I recently bought an IBM Thinkpad 600E. While its an oldish machine, it
    Paul> was reasonably priced and works quite well.

    Paul> [...]

    Paul> I tried adding an 'append' to lilo.conf, but so far, any
    Paul> time that I have this in place, the machine locks up during
    Paul> boot (just after installing the floppy driver). I had to add
    Paul> an 'append="apm=on" since I haven't had time to recompile
    Paul> the kernel, which works fine. However, I do not seem to be
    Paul> able to get Debian to work with the machine's full
    Paul> memory. [...]

>From memory, you have to lie and tell it that it has a little less
memory than it really has (about 2 or 3 MB less).  I also have a vague
recollection that if you use a 2.4 kernel it will figure out how much
memory is there and use it all.

peace & happiness,
martin


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