> I just read that sometimes the m/c doesn't use whole of the RAM i.e. like
My
> m/c has 128MB ram but when i executed
> $cat /etc/meminfo
> it shows mem=64MB..
> They suggested what can be done at the boot time at LILO:type mem=128M
> then i again executed the same thing..
> this time it gave me mem 128 MB ..
> Can anyone explain me the whole logic?
basically the linux kernel can't automatically detect ram > 64MB. so you
have to specify the amount of ram if it is greater than 64MB.... (this is
quite a silly restriction imho, becauz even windoz detects this ram......).
this is basically a limitation of the pc architecture.... in fact u can even
show ram=1gb by giving the command mem=1024MB, but yr kernel will surely
give problems when it tries to access this nonexistent RAM.. mandrake linux
even asks for the amount of ram u hav when u install (mdk 7.0)
> How can i permanently do the same thing otherwise i have to type everytime
> when i boot the M/C..
add a line >>>>> additional="mem=128M" <<<<<<<< in yr /etc/lilo.conf file
under the "linux" section to make it permenent.....
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