On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:40:23 -0400, Cy wrote:
>I've reinstalled linux I don't know how many times trying to get it to
>recognize all of my memmory. I've tried appending the line append="mem=256M"
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Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:05:40
Straight away I will tell you Cy I am working over my head here, being
a newbie myself, but I might say something that will help you anyway.
You don't show how you appended the Lilo conf file exactly..but if
there is another append line in there, you should add the memory
append to that line and not make an additional line... then run
sbin/lilo to make it permanent.
You can append the memory to the lilo prompt and test it
there, if it works there it should work in the conf file.
also if you have one of those "high zoot" video cards that reserve a
block of memory, be sure and subtract that from the amount appended.
>to the lilo.conf. I still can't seem to get it to recognize all of my
>memmory. I just don't understand. It recognizes both of my processors right
>off the bat. I've read that the memmory configuration is stored in
>/proc/meminfo. Can I manually edit this file to get Mandrake to see the
>rest?
Not certain of this...I do not think you can edit a "proc" file
because they are Pseudo files.and don't actually exist in a physical
manner.
>Is there a configuration tool that can be used? What if I wanted to
>add memmory later, How would I go about it? Does it have anything to do with
>the size of my swap file? It's 256 meg.
no the swap file would have no bearing on this problem, in fact with
as much memory as you have it would probably run without any swap at
all (not recommended)...
> I'm really pleased with all of
>madrake's functionality, but I'd really like to be able to utilize all of my
>memmory. Any help would be appreciated.
>Cy
another possibility is the memory that you have, may work well in less
demanding systems, but linux will reveal deficiencys...you might try
swapping around some of the sticks to different positions?
I hope you get it going OK Cy, and if I told you wrong they will be on
me like a hound dog on bacon 8-)
later
Olly P
Biloxi
