[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Linux RAM Problem
Well, that fixed it..... so all i have to do is add that line in the
kernel?
Thanks again!
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Richard H. Fifarek wrote:
>
>
> Hmm... when booting up, try typing linux mem=128M at the LILO
> prompt. IF that fixes it, then I would suggest recompling a new kernel
> from scratch and installing it over the default kernel from Mandrake.
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Tom wrote:
>
> >
> > I am running Linux Mandrake 6.0
> > Originally I was running it on a Standard Pentium 200 MMX with 96 megs of
> > RAM, and it recognized all of my RAM without any troubles.
> >
> > I just upgraded my machine to a PII 400 with 64 MB of PC100 RAM, using a
> > Super Micro Mainboard. I reinstalled Linux as some problems had resulted
> > after the upgrade.
> > Once it was all installed and back to normal, Linux was reporting that
> > I had 63 MB of RAM with the original 64.. after installing this new 64 MB
> > chip, it said I had 65 MB of RAM instead of 128.
> > When I boot into windows, windows recognizes it as being 128 MB of RAM, as
> > does the BIOS, and no problems or errors are reported.
> >
> > I even tried other RAM chips thinking maybe something was wrong with this
> > RAM, but still had the same result.
> >
> > The Motherboard is said to be FUlly Linux Compliant, and works well, with
> > the
> > exception of the RAM problem.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
> > "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.
> >
> >
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Richard H. Fifarek SIU School of Medicine
> rfifarek@som.siu.edu Information Resources
> ____________________________________________________
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
> "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.
>
--
To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with
"unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.