I would like to thank you so much it worked and now linux detects 192mb
now it runs at the speed that it is supposed to and that is fast.
thank you Civileme
Michael M Walker
Civileme wrote:
> Michael M Walker wrote:
> >
> > i installed mandrake 7.1 for the third time and each time it reports
> > that i have
> > 14mb of ram and this is really slow it takes too long to start up or to
> > open a program
> > this is what i have for hardware
> > epmvp3c2 motherboard
> > amdk6-2 500mhz
> > 192mb sdram micron
> > riva tnt2 16mb agp
> > 3dfx voodoo2 32mb pci
> > there is more but it is not relevant
> > my question is how can i change the amount of ram my self so it will use
> > the full
> > 192mb
>
> 1. open up your BIOS and close the hole at 15Mb
>
> 2. after booting with that--login as root and run top/ktop or
> free to see what your memory is. If it now shows 64M, then
>
> edit /etc/lilo.conf
>
> IF there is a line like
>
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> then make it look like
>
> append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=191m"
>
> Otherwise, create the append line
>
> append="mem=191m"
>
> save
>
> # /sbin/lilo
>
> # shutdown -r now
>
> And your full mem should be there
>
> Of course you lose GRUB if you were using it, but there is plenty
> of doc on how to do this for GRUB. The lilo doc is not quite as
> specific unless sommething has been done in the User manual.
>
> Civileme
