Gevaerts Frank wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Norbert Bottlaender-Prier wrote:
>
> > Kenneth Stephen a �crit:
> > >
> > > 2.4 I use Win95. Can I use LILO?
> > > I. See the Linux+Win95 HOWTO.
> > > II. Some people claim that the HOWTO is incorrect, and that Win95 reinstalls
> > > itself on the MBR unpredictably. Many other people think this not true.
> >
> > It IS true. Not a question of opinion. And it's predictable : No means
> > to escape this "feature" of Lose95...
>
> As far as I know, Win95 does this every time you run it's setup.
> I use lilo and keep a boot disk just in case.
>
Well, folks, I am puzzled a bit. What exactly is this Win95 'setup' that is
referred to above? I have had Lilo on my system for over a year now (with Linux as
the default kernel) and have rebooted a few times into Win95, but have never come
to grief.
> > >...
> > >
> > > 2.6 How do I get Linux to recognize memory above 64mb.
> > > In your /etc/lilo.conf, put a line like:
> > > append="mem=##M", where ## is the size of your RAM in megabytes or
> > > append="mem=##k", where ## is the size of your RAM in killobytes.
> >
> > Add a warning : NEVER indicate MORE ram than you really have.
>
> And even a bit less, to account for the memory that the BIOS reserves. (ie
> if you have 128M, tell the system it's 127M). The bios usually needs a few
> 100 K's.
I have never heard of this before. I would imagine that the kernel is aware of the
amount of memory reserved for BIOS and would subtract this out to get the correct
value. Is your statement documented somewhere, oris it speculation on your part?
Kenneth
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