It must be manufacturer because I've never had
mandrake not detect all of my ram yet my brother had
to do the lilo thing to use his second 128M stick.
Dacia
--- Patti Wavinak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My better half <g> has 256M and it is detected on
> every installation...I on
> the other hand also have 256M and it does NOT detect
> it :-( Personally he
> thinks it depends on who made the chip...some chips
> are more sensitive than
> others. We have the same amount of memory but
> different manufacturers so
> what he thinks makes a lot of sense.
>
> Patti
> Registered Linux User #184611
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 9/10/00, 6:04:21 AM, Dennis Myers
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> [newbie] RAM Detection:
>
>
> > I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot
> with Win98 and found
> > that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why
> would it work on my
> > machine when I read that so many others must do
> the append mem= thing to
> > get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just
> curious, cause maybe
> > there is something in autodetect that happens
> during config. Has anyone
> > else seen the correct ram detected during
> installation?
> > --
> > Dennis a registered linux user #180842
>
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