Joe Giles wrote: > 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 :-))) >> > I have not tested with other RH versions but, AFAIK it's an issue with some Compaq oldies. BIOS version is E16 (1999)
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