Re: 64megs to 192megs of ram
Actually, even the kernels up to 2.1.129 need the append line added to
lilo.conf. I'm running a PPro machine with 128MB of ram, and unless I add
the append line under kernel 2.1.129 top only reports 64MB present.
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Noxon <jeff@planetfall.com>
To: <wax_man@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <nemanuel@student.dei.uc.pt>; <artlu@intergrafix.net>;
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 1998 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: 64megs to 192megs of ram
>On Sun, Dec 20, 1998 at 02:33:18PM -0500, wax_man@bellsouth.net wrote:
>> On 20 Dec, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
>> > If you're using lilo you need to add to your lilo.conf the following
>> > line:
>> >
>> > append="mem=128M"
>> >
>> > I not sure if 2.1.x kernels need that !
>
>> Yes, all kernels need it. The 64meg barrier is a lilo thing, not
>> kernel afaik.
>
>2.1.x kernels do not need it.
>
>2.0.36 does not need it.
>
>It has nothing to do with LILO. LILO does not determine memory size for
>the Linux kernel.
>
>The BIOS call to determine memory size could originally return a maximum
>of 64MB. Recent (i.e. >= Pentium) machines support an alternate BIOS call
>that can report >64MB. Newer kernels use this new BIOS call if available.
>
>Some really old machines with >64MB may still require something like
>"mem=128M", but I doubt many old machines support that much RAM anyway.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff
>
>
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