From: Tim Riker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: prepare_0_5_95
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:00:40 -0600
> GRUB version 0.5.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
> grub> displaymem
> EISA Memory BIOS Interface is present
> Address Map BIOS Interface is present
> Lower memory: 640K, Upper memory (to first chipset hole): 3072K
> [Address Range Descriptor entries immediately follow (values are
> 64-bit)]
> Usable RAM: Base Address: 0x0 X 4GB + 0x0,
> Length: 0 X 4GB + 655360 bytes
> Reserved: Base Address: 0x0 X 4GB + 0xa0000,
> Length: 0 X 4GB + 393216 bytes
> Usable RAM: Base Address: 0x0 X 4GB + 0x100000,
> Length: 0 X 4GB + 3145728 bytes
That has no information. The grub shell doesn't emulate the
configuration of the memory layout on your system. Instead, it
emulates a minimum system.
> of course grub at boot time gives totally different "displaymem" output,
> but I don't have a way to log that one at present. That one does show
> much more memory. Thoughts on how to log this? Is serial console working
> for this? I could dig up a null modem and log from there I suppose.
The easiest way is to log it by hand. It might be useful to add
support to log everything into a floppy disk.
Okuji
