[NTLUG:Discuss] Maximum memory

[George Lass]

Yeah, that was the first thing I tried. I can get the PC to
boot only by specifying mem=768M  (or less)

George

David Stanaway wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 13:36, George Lass wrote:
> > George Lass wrote:
> > >
> > > Please bear with me, I'm forced to use a very old
> > > kernel.....
> > >
> > > Does anyone remember if there is a limit on the
> > > maximum amount of memory that RedHat 5.2 (3.0.36 kernel)
> > > can make use of?  It looks like the number is 768MB.
> > > Every time I try to go above that number the kernel
> > > can't find *any* memory.  I don't think this is a
> > > problem with my hardware as the BIOS can see 1GB,
> > > but unless I limit memory in lilo.conf I can't boot.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > George
> > OOPS, make that 2.0.36 kernel.....
> 
> I figures that..
> have you tried a mem=1024M kernel argument or something similar?
> 
> in /etc/lilo.conf
> add to the kernel image section:
> append = "mem=1024M"
> 
> then rerun lilo.
> 
> --
> David Stanaway