On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ray Fisher wrote:
> Sorry should've included my setup... I have the following
>
> PIII 450 oc 558 on ABiT BX6r2
> 128 SDRam
> SBLive
> Voodoo 3 3000
> 3Com905b nic
> Tekram 390uw
> No IDE loaded (all scsi drives)
> networked thru @Home cable
>
> I tried adding append to the LILO and still no luck, I didn't think the 16
> meg and the voodoo card was shared, but not sure about that. Thanks.
If you tryed it and it said anything other than 128Megs you did it
wrong. It doesn't get a choice if you tell it it believes it. It does
however still run a test on the memory, which points out things like
shared memory which was point to be eugene. The usual cause for this is
mismatched ram (those 12lb books they have to check ram, they really do
need), purchase and install two identical 64meg chips and your problem
will go away unless you still have the "memory hole" enabled (but i'm sure
you've had an earfull of that)
And to repeat, it doesn't have a choice if told correctly. Take deep
breath and start over useing extra care to be sure the case is all
correct. when it's done either post the error (as best you can, might have
to write it down) from dmesg (or onscreen depending on the error), or go
grab a beer in celebration
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pixo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Major Problem
>
>
> > Ray Fisher wrote:
> >
> > > ...I have made several attempts at
> > > making linux recognize the 128 megs of ram I have.
> > > ...
> > > linux still only recognizes 64 megs of ram.
> >
> > Does your machine have the video memory shared with the RAM ?
> >
> > If yes, at install time, you may want to specify 120 instead of 128,
> > supposing you have an 8MB card and use 16 or perhaps 24 bit.
> > Becarefull if you go higher in resolution, (32 bit), you may need to
> > show less, if it accept at all.
> >
> > You can also configure "LILO" as in the following example:
> > append="mem=120M"
> >
> > pixo
>
>
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