Alberto Vecchiato wrote:
[snip]
> Well, I finally bought it and installed Mandrake 7.1.  The machine
> specifications are: a PIII500 with 128MB of RAM, 12GB HD, 14" XGA
> screen, an ATI rage mobility graphic card with 4MB RAM and a yamaha
> chipset YMF-752.

Yamaha YMF-752 has only recently been supported (LM 7.1 was the first to
support it, I think), so don't expect good results for a while. Blame
Yamaha.

> 
[snip] 
> I'm afraid this could depend on the fact that only the first 64 megs are
> original Nec, while the other, though compatible, are not.  Any idea round
> there?

Buggy bios is the guitly one. Add 'append = "mem = 128M"' to a copy of
your default kernel line in /etc/lilo.conf (if you use lilo) or
/boot/grub/menu.lst (if you use grub). Run "lilo -v" as root if you use
lilo.

Buchan
 
> I'd like to post the report of this installation on the linux websites
> devoted to laptops, but I'd prefer to look deeper into this problem
> before.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Alberto Vecchiato
> 
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