Patti Wavinak wrote:
>
> I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Pentium II 450Mhz with 256 MB of RAM.
> It is only showing 65 MB of ram being detected, even though I entered 256
> during install. In looking over the archives I notice there was
> discussion and how to fix this in the /etc/lilo.conf BUT I am using Grub.
> I am hoping that someone out there can help me with this problem.
>
> I am a real newbie -- my first install of Linux was 2 weeks ago on July
> 8th and I love it!!!
>
> Patti Wavinak
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Patti,
Welcome to our humble news group. Although, MDK7.1 is using Grub, you
can still edit /etc/lilo.conf.
If you would like to add your RAM settings:
A) Log in as 'root', and open /etc/lilo.conf by right clicking on the
file
B) Select Text Editor. Navigate to the line:
append=" Failsafe "
C) Add the following, so that the line appears as:
append="Failsafe mem=256M"
Save the file and restart Linux.
Now, due to some limitations in the present kernel, you may have to
adjust the value to 254M. This limitation will be addressed in future
kernels. By the way, you will be able to update the kernel.
--
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
