Im just now reading this issue, and I was wondering. I noticed that you were using an older version of Linux Kernel (RH 7.1). Is this a bug with this version, or would this happen with newer versions as well. Or is this an issue with the way the Compaq server bios talks to the OS? Maybe a RomPAQ update?
Just wondering... Thanks Joe On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 16:47, Francisco Neira wrote: > Francisco Neira wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Taking a closer look to the output of "free" and "top" on a Compaq > > Proliant 3000 (oldie), noted that the kernel is reporting just about > > 16MB instead of the 256MB recognized by the BIOS at POST. > > > > My first action was to make some changes in lilo.conf (and running lilo, > > of course). I 'd placed the well known append="mem=256M" in different > > lines of lilo.conf with no luck. > > > > As a desperate measure typed linux mem=256M at the "boot:" prompt with > > no avail: free always report 16MB :-( > > > > RedHat 7.1, original kernel version. > > > > Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. > > > > Regards > > > > > > > This worked: > > append="mem=240M@16M" > > Why? I have no clue! but several articles denoting things such as > append="mem=256M@1M" were inspirational :-))) > > Regards > > > > -- > Francisco Neira B. > Administrador de Red > Defensoria del Pueblo > Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
