Wow! I tried this and it threw my kernel into a panic - had to
dig out the rescue disk etc. My first real emergency!
I'm only guessing - is the kernel using up 9 MB? and panics when
not allowed that space?
All explantions welcome!
TIA
Glyn
On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:48:11AM -0400, thus spake Dan Westlake:
> Hi Glyn
>
> Change it to append ="mem=32M" then type lilo <enter> to run the change and
> reboot.
> >
> > 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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