[2888] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Athena 8.4 install and HP Vetra VE8's.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Jul 21 15:32:04 2000
To: tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Cc: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 21 Jul 2000 15:31:44 -0400
In-Reply-To: tb@MIT.EDU's message of "21 Jul 2000 14:40:57 -0400"
tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> > Also, the extra memory is still ignored until I hand-edit lilo.conf.
>
> This is a known sort of Linux kernel problem; I don't know any
> automated way to deal with it. The kernel is supposed to be detecting
> how much memory you have correctly, and the fact that it isn't is a
> misfeature of your specific hardware in some way. I don't know a lot
> about it, except that it's a persistent problem with Linux.
It was also supposed to have been fixed a while ago; 2.2-series
kernels have no problem detecting the 128M in my newer desktop.
Incidentally, linux-dev@mit.edu corresponds to SIPB's (basically
defunct) Linux-Athena port; I don't know of an analogous I/S list,
though.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
