have you tried specifying the amount of RAM in the lilo.conf file, or passing the correct amount to the kernel via command line at the LILO prompt. There is a way to do that if you're using grub too, but I don't know what that is since I don't use grub. sounds too much like a worm. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 Anthony Russello had this to say! > > Someone bythe name of PJ just sent me a private email indicating that > unmatched RAM may be incorrectly detected. Mine is unmatched. > > > I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM > > on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel > > mailing list to get it fixed! > > > > -sarang > > > > On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: > > > > > > I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of > > > evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 > > > hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... > > > > > > - Av - > > > > > > -- > > > Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian A > > > > Str�mmen [Number1/NumeroUno] > > > > Sent: Thursday, 30 November, 2000 16:40 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Cc: Larry Tobos > > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Slow system > > > > > > > > On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: > > > > > In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... > > > > > Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of > > > > > > > > freezing the > > > > > > > > > system, until I reverted it ... > > > > > > > > > > The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the > > > > > > > > memory, even > > > > > > > > > if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support in > > > > > > > > the kernel > > > > > > > > Ahh.. Well, we fixed the performance with hdparm and mem=, but > > > > now, when the > > > > disk use is high (like when starting X) the computer freezes, the > > > > disk spins > > > > down and the harddisk light light constantly. The only thing I > > > > can figure is > > > > that it must be the ide chipset on the mainboard, which is a VIA > > > > chipset. I > > > > haven't gotten any response from anybody about this, so I'll past > > > > the last > > > > mail below and hope that someone will answer. If not we'll have > > > > to change > > > > the mainboard. > > > > > > > > Previous mail: > > > > I've had a lot of problems installin Linux Mandrake 7.2 at my friends > > > > computer. �Sent a mail earlier about a problem with the system > > > > being terribly > > > > slow, and got a lot of good help on this, but encountered another problem > > > > (with might be related?) afterwards. �I'll try to get this as > > > > specific as I > > > > possibly can. �Please read on. > > > > > > > > The first problem I had was that the system was terribly slow, especially > > > > when starting X and other stuff that takes up more memory than > > > > just bash. �I > > > > got two suggestions on how to deal with this; �the first being to add > > > > "append="mem=128M"" in lilo, something that helped cause the > > > > kernel seemed to > > > > only see 64M. �The second was that I should run hdparm to get the disk in > > > > 32bit mode and to use dma, I checked and the disk was running in > > > > 16bit and > > > > with dma turned off. �So I fixed both of these problems and > > > > everything seemed > > > > to run a lot faster(16/no-dma=64M in 17seconds, 32/dma=64M in 3seconds). > > > > > > > > Then when I tried to install a big rpm from disk2 (hadn't started > > > > X yet) the > > > > system freezed. �I could not do anything at all and the > > > > harddisk-light light > > > > constantly without the harddisk doing anything (it spinned down and got > > > > quiet). �After rebooting the disk wasn't detected in the bios, I > > > > had to turn > > > > off again and then it was detected. I booted up again and tried > > > > to start X > > > > and kde2, but halfway into starting kde2 it locked again. �It > > > > seemed after > > > > more tests that when there was a lot of activitiy on the disk it > > > > locked. �I > > > > now shut off 32bit and dma on the disk believing that this was > > > > the problem, > > > > after more tests I found out it wasn't. �To make sure this wasn't > > > > a hardware > > > > problem we afterwards installed first Windows2k (yuck, yeah I > > > > know) and then > > > > Windows98(even more yuck) and ran extencive tests on both, > > > > without getting > > > > the same problem. > > > > > > > > After these tests I decided to try again and installed linux once > > > > more but > > > > still get the same problem. > > > > > > > > The specifications on the machine is(it's 2 weeks old btw.): > > > > Mainboard: MSI K7T-Pro > > > > (http://www.msi-computer.nl/product/mainboard/k7tpro.htm) > > > > Processor: �AMD Duron 700 MHz > > > > Display adapter: �ATI Xpert 2000 32MB AGP > > > > Memory: �128MB original SDRAM pc100 > > > > Harddrive: Fujitsu 20.5GB UDMA/66 > > > > > > > > I also noticed just before I left that the kernel told me that > > > > the bus-speed > > > > was set to 33, and that I could override it with idebus= in lilo, > > > > could this > > > > have anything to do with this? > > > > > > > > I really appreciate any help that I could get on this, and if you > > > > feel that > > > > you need some more info, just let me know and I will email it... > > > > > > > > Ps. when installing mandrake it always gives me the text-install, > > > > never the > > > > fancy graphical one, is there some problem with the chipset on > > > > the display > > > > adapter? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > \ Christian A Str�mmen / > > > > \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > > > > \ Web: www.realityx.net - Cell: +47 911 43 948 / > > > > Live your life by your dreams, > > > > not by the limits of reality... > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Abraham P Pinzur.vcf" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > ------------------------------ > > Sarang Lakare > > > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around >
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