Re: Help Meeeeeee!
In a message dated 3/14/00 3:10:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mwagnon1@home.com writes:
> On 03/14/00 02:47PM, DanSV@aol.com wrote:
> > I have the 2.2.14 kernal running, and can't see all of my ram:
> > DIMM1: 128mb PC100 DIMM2: 32mb PC100 DIMM3: <EMPTY>
> > I see 64 mb. The system bios detects 162 and change.
> > (If of use: I have oboard 3D AGP graphics sharing 8mb main memory.)
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > (If adding something to /etc/lilo.conf will help, please show EXACT
syntax
>
> > and position within the file)
>
> You can add a line to your lilo.conf file like so:
>
> append="mem=128M"
>
> I've always seen it before the sections describing the images to
> boot. I don't know if it makes a difference, though.
>
> I'm not sure what's up with your BIOS.
>
Thanks, Here is what the problem was, and the solution. Your suggestion of
128mb worked, but other people would suggest 160 and 162 megs, which would
cause a kernal panic:
Total Ram: 160 + 2 and change extra reported by bios.
->Total Ram: 160M
OnBoard 8mb AGP Graphics: 8M of Total Ram
Thus, Availible RAM to linux: 152M
When I tried 152M
(append="mem=152M")
it worked!
However 153 would kernal panic, as would anything over. Anything under would
work.
Therefore, If you have X total RAM, and Y onboard Graphics memory, and only
see a fraction of your total RAM, go into /etc/lilo.conf, and copy your
default entry,
paste it below, and add the line:
append="mem=#M"
where # = X - Y
label it exper.
type in "exper" at the lilo prompt. If everything boots ok, delete exper fro
lilo.conf, and add the append line to your default.
- Dan
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