[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> this question has probably already been raised, but I have added 128M to my
> original 64M, and would expect it to be picked up by Mandrake automatically,
> however no such luck.
> Can anyone help me on how to do this.
>
> Your help much appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Fred de Klein
>
> tel: 01908 656106 (w)
> 0780 8254445(mob)
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~klein_it <http://www.bigfoot.com/~klein_it>
Mandrake, and in fact all linux distors I know do not test
memory. To test it could be damaging to some types of systems.
Instead it relies on what the BIOS reports to it. If you have
OS/2 enabled in the BIOS, it never will see more than 64M without
help.
In the file
/etc/lilo.conf
place the line
append="mem=191M"
WITH the quotes...
(a chunk of the first MB of memory is used to shadow the BIOS and
other things, so I usually make the mem short by 1 Mb)
Save the file then type the line
# /sbin/lilo
to run the linux loader to place the new configuration into the
/boot partition,
and now restart your system with whatever method you normally use
to shutdown and restart properly.
You can also simply type
linux append="mem=191M" in response to LILO Boot:, but such a
porocedure is likely to become annoying.
Civileme
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