[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Memory Issue

DANIEL CURRY daniel_curry at amax.com
Mon Sep 25 10:40:05 CDT 2000


The kernel in Mandrake 7.1 will auto adjust for more RAM.  But if you are
feeling paranoid, add 'append=mem=98M'

Later


Daniel Curry
Linux Systems Specialist
Amax Information Technologies
1565 Reliance Way
Fremont, CA 94539
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Subject:	Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Memory Issue

I think there is also a line you put in a conf file that says mem=xxxx.  I
can't remember the files exact name....sound familiar anyone?

> I just swapped my ATX for an AT mainboard and now I am only able to detect
> 15 of my 96 megs of RAM. My bios picks up all 96 megs... but once I am in
> Gnome (Enlightenment) then only 15 are detected and I am just crawling...
I
> am running Mandrake 7.1 with 98 megs of ram (3 sticks of 32 megs). I have
an
> IDE boot drive (10gigs) and 6 SCSI drives... The mainboard is the same
EPOX
> board... and all the hardware is the  same. The swap over actually went
> fairly easily... well except for the RAM issue... Any suggestions?
>
> LinuxGrl
>
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