When I upgraded the RAM of 2 Compaq PII s to 128MB and one to 96 MB it
detected automatically even though they are running RH 5.2 ;)
Regards,
NKN
> > 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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