"Gregory S. Hackman" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently installed Mandrake 6.0 on a Gateway PIII PC with 256 Mb ram.
> When I check the memory in use with the "top" command, it says I only have
> something like 64 Mb. The appropriate KDE utility tells me the same thing.
>
> Is there some bug in the 2.2whatever kernel that it can't use the other 192
> Mb? Is there some initialization file I need to change? I intend to use
> this PC as a serious number-crunching workstation so I'd really like to use
> all the ram I paid for.
>
> Thanks...Greg Hackman
Had the same problem, Greg, go to /etc/lilo.config and add the
line--append="mem=256M"--use quotes and place it in the global section. I
placed mine right under--vga=normal--then open a terminal and
type--/etc/sbin/lilo--reboot and everything should be cool!
John
