The better way to do this would be with linuxconf, if Mandrake has it.
I've used linuxconf for configuring the LILO boot prompt, operating system choices and
configurations, and changing the memory to reflect what's really available, and this
worked
fine, albeit this has been with RH 5.1 and 5.2.
linuxconf should still be a recommended tool, as well as available with Mandrake, I
believe.
I tried adding the append line, manually, in the lilo.conf file, using vi, and this
didn't
work (for some reason?), but specifying the memory with the LILO boot prompt, and with
linuxconf, both worked.
linuxconf provides an easier and more intuitive gui for making such changes, and can
be used
for many other configuration purposes. If using linuxconf, then I don't think that
lilo
needs to be run separately afterwards, such as to copy the new lilo.conf to the MBR (if
that's where you place it - it's the location I use); however, if after rebooting the
changes
weren't made, then do the following:
- check the /etc/lilo.conf file to make sure the append line was added for the full
memory;
and
- run lilo from the command line, which merely requires typing in the word lilo and
pressing
Enter.
You might want to make sure that the device where the lilo configuration will be store
is
correct, then check this in the lilo.conf file. In my case, I have it written to the
MBR;
therefore, the line shows /dev/hda.
There's also a man page for lilo.conf. If users need or want to know more about this
file,
then just run man on lilo.conf (worked in RH 5.1 anyway).
linuxconf can be run from the login shell at the command line, or within KDE and other
WMs,
at least within a terminal window, and am very certain that lilo doesn't need to be run
afterwards, unless the user tells linuxconf to not activate the changes.
mike
Michael Scottaline wrote:
> Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > OK. Worked with NT for a while, and was just won over to the light side!
> I
> > need help! I have just done my first install, and even though I have a
> single
> > 256 MB DIMM, the system is only seeing 64!!?!?!? I have never seen this
> > before. Any ideas? Also, from console, what the hell is the shutdown
> > command?? Thanx, Robin.
> =================================
> You can try adding
> append="mem=256M"
> to /etc/lilo.conf
> But first try adding the mem command at boot time: linux mem=256M
>
> To shutdown from a console:
> shutdown -h now
> Mike
>
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> -Benjamin Frankilin
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