Re: [newbie] memory

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> I know now that using the mem=128M line in lilo.conf fixes the memory
> problem in mandrake 7.0 on my abit motherboard(s).   BUT - does anyone
> know WHY this is happening with 7.0 and never happened to me in multiple
> installs of 6.1?
> 
It didn't happen to YOU in 6.1. :-) It must be some
wierdness with some hardware not reporting EXACTLY what the
O/S is expecting or something like that... Typically it's
specific to a few makes/models of motherboard.
        John