Re: 64Mb memory problem (only 16Mb is seen by the kernel)
Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il> writes:
> Perhaps your BIOS is set for a 1MB memory hole? Maybe some of the
> memory chips not working? What are the BIOS boot reports? What
> DOS/Windows report ?
>
>
> >
> > Hai,
> >
> > I have been working with debian 2.1 for almost one year
> > now in a productive environent and I'm real happy with it!
> > (running samba/qpopper/roxen http server/imp (web
> > mail)/sendmail/ and some other stuff).
> > In my new PC at home I have 64Mb of memory but only 16Mb
> > is seen by the kernel. I alreadu tried 'append="mem=64Mb"
> > in my lilo.conf file but then my system craches (havy) after
> > several minutes, a reboot will give me a kernel panic
> > at boot time (first time I have seen one!)
> > My PowerEdge 1300 with 128Mb RAM has no problem with it.
> >
> >
> > What could be the problem?
> > (kernel 2.0.36)
I have a Thinkpad that requires that I leave 1MB open. Don't know why
but it locks up at boot if I give it 192MB. Instead, I put
append="mem=191M" and I haven't had a crash or lockup since. Of course
1MB of "missing" memory isn't a big issue for me, whereas it might be
a problem to someone else.
Gary
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