Thanks, Alan
Once again the linux community is a great bunch of people. Linux Rules!
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> Jonathan....you can only have one append line per boot image.
> The line is placed where it should be by default and if there
> is nothing to append than it looks like this:
>
> append = ""
>
> you can then add, in between the ""'s, any appends needed for
> your setup, multiple appends are seperated by a space. See
> below:
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> timeout = 50
> prompt
> message = /boot/message
> default = linux
> vga = normal
> read-only
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
> label = linux
> append = "hdc=ide-scsi mem=164M"
> root = /dev/hda5
> other = /dev/fd0
> label = floppy
> unsafe
>
> Alan
>
> "Jonathan S." wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have 164megs of memory, I have read alot of the post regarding the
> > append line to put in lilo and I have done this. However Mandrake 7.0
> > still only sees 64megs of my memory, According to the memory information
> > diags in linux. Can Someone Please show me the correct syntax for the
> > the append line and where it should go, attached is a copy of my lilo
> > config. I would appreciate honest replies, Please don't reply with
> > reading the Man pages. As I have read alot of documents and newgroup
> > post and have done what was suggested, however I think I am missing
> > something. Thanks for your help...
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > boot = /dev/hda
> > timeout = 50
> > prompt
> > message = /boot/message
> > default = linux
> > vga = normal
> > append = "append "mem=164M""
> > read-only
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > keytable=/boot/us.klt
> > image = /boot/vmlinuz
> > label = linux
> > append = "hdc=ide-scsi"
> > root = /dev/hda5
> > other = /dev/fd0
> > label = floppy
> > unsafe
