Sorry if this is a little late - I've just read this request.
About Linux only seeing the first 64 meg of memory:
If you're using LILO to boot Linux, then start it with
LILO: linux mem=128M
You should see the 128 meg reported on your login screen. If you're going
straight to runlevel 5 (Start X automatically) you'll have to be quick to spot
it.
Anyway, once you're in, you can call 'top' from a shell and it'll tell you how
much memory you've got. There's probably a cat /proc/memory' or similar to get
the same information.
Now, to make this changes permanent, and automatic, you can now edit
/etc/lilo.conf and add the line
append="mem=128M"
to each stanza it's applicable to.
You can specify any value for the amount of memory, but it's best to stick to
what you've got. Also, it might also be a good idea to only declare 127 meg to
Linux, as you might not be able to use the full 128 meg for software - I was
reading a HOW-TO last night about this very topic and I believe it's possible
that the upper part of memory may get used by some BIOS'es to store stuff, video
cards, sound cards, etc. etc. It'll probably be OK though.... the HOW-TO was
quite old and may be somewhat obsolete....
Steve Flynn
IBM MVS Operations Analyst
Paul Derbyshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/02/2000 22:42:54
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot with LiLo and other stuff
At 07:48 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>No sound, nada, zilch, flat lined. I have a Yamaha XG (S-XG50), the
>chipset is YMF 724 Windows sees it as OPL3-Sa2/3. Anyone have a clue
>if it will work at all?
If it's soundblaster compatible, it will. Open autoexec.bat and note the
SET BLASTER line -- it's probably A220 I5 D1. In linux as root run
sndconfig, and pick Soundblaster, put in address, in this example 220, irq,
in this example 5, and DMA, in this example 1. Try it. If it works, try
changing to Soundblaster 16, 32, awe, and other sound blaster types, see
which work and which don't and which one produces the best quality sound.
Stick with that one.
>Memory, I have 128megs, Linux reads 64, how do I change that?
I think you need to edit the lilo.conf, then run somthing to write the
changes to the MBR (the hard drive's boot sector).
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