[96110] in RedHat Linux List
Re: memory probs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Fishwick)
Sat Oct 24 06:07:13 1998
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:17:26 +1100 (EST)
From: Chris Fishwick <rimmer@calvin.nu>
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> I have one single 128MB PC100 sdram in my computer, but when i run linux
> and run 'top', it only reports 64mb memory... does anyone know why this
> happens?
This is a limitation in the kernel, I am sure there is a reason, but I
cannot think of it off of the top of my head... To get around it, all you
need to do it add a line to your /etc/lilo.conf file which reads
'append="mem=128M"', run /sbin/lilo and the next time you boot, all your
RAM should be accessable...
The relevent part of my lilo.conf file looks like:
image=/z21120
label=z21120
root=/dev/hdb2
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.34-0.6.img
read-only
append="mem=128M"
Regards
Chris
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