Re: +64 mb ram
On 21-Nov-1999, Martin Fluch <fluch@rock.helsinki.fi> wrote:
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> On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, luis wrote:
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> > hello everybody:
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> > which are the options to have recognized by linux more than 64 mb of ram?
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> > i have put a line in /etc/lilo.conf, stating :
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> > append="mem=128m"
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> > are there other ways to accomplish it, maybe better ?
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> No, if the kernel doesn't recognizes the RAM on board, then this is due to
> some bug in the BIOS, which can't tell the kernel the right amount of RAM
> (>64MB) installed (or something like that, AFAIK). This is the only you
> can do (on my ThinkPad I have to do the same in order to get my 96MB
> recognized).
>
AFAIK, the 2.2.x series kernel has code which can work around this BIOS
problem.
Pete
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