Hi Glyn
Change it to append ="mem=32M" then type lilo <enter> to run the change and
reboot.
----- Original Message -----
> This is an old question but for me its a new machine.
>
> It's an AMd K6 450 with 32 mb RAM (soon to be increased!)
>
> On firing up Mandrake 7 (with kernel 2.2.15-0.18mdk), it tells me
> I have 23MB ram. I've added
> append = "mem=32m"
> to lilo.conf with no effect.
> Can anyone tell me what is going on here?
> Is Linux not detecting the RAM?
> Is it discounting space used by the kernel?
>
> I've trawled the docs but couldn't find any clues.
>
> TIA
>
> Glyn M.
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