Re: problem with new DIMM
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Ralph Winslow wrote:
> I recently bought a 64 Mb DIMM and installed it on my Intel i430VW
> motherboard.
[...]
Well, one thing you can try is booting with a "mem=64M" option. With
LILO, you hit shift to get the prompt, then do "linux mem=64M" (replace
linux with whatever you named that boot option).
This will cause Linux to ignore what the motherboard tells it, and just
go ahead and use 64MB of memory. If the memory is really there, this will
work. If not, you almost certainly won't be able to boot. You definitely
will run into problems at some point. (I don't *think* this would cause
filesystem damage, but I'd still suggest backing things up first...)
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
"...Windows - which is often referred to as 'the French labor union
of software'..." - Dave Barry
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