Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-30 Thread J.Lawson
it is 8X16 = 128 ... It works fine on my machine 

On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:

 
 From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Sorry that should be 
  append=mem=0x800
 Jonathan
 
 
 What is the meaning of 0x800?
 
 I already tried and did not work.
 
 My lilo.conf is
 
 
 boot=/dev/hda2
 root=/dev/hda2
 compact
 install=/boot/boot.b
 map=/boot/map
 vga=normal
 delay=20
 append=mem=0x800
 image=/vmlinuz
 label=Linux
 read-only
 
 
   At\'e breve
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 Departamento de Matem\'atica
 Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
 Universidade de Coimbra
 P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
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 url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
 


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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-30 Thread C.J.LAWSON
8X16 = 128 the 6 0's .. MB .. It works just fine on my machine.

Jon

On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:

 
 From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Sorry that should be 
  append=mem=0x800
 Jonathan
 
 
 What is the meaning of 0x800?
 
 I already tried and did not work.
 
 My lilo.conf is
 
 
 boot=/dev/hda2
 root=/dev/hda2
 compact
 install=/boot/boot.b
 map=/boot/map
 vga=normal
 delay=20
 append=mem=0x800
 image=/vmlinuz
 label=Linux
 read-only
 
 
   At\'e breve
   ===
 
 Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
 Departamento de Matem\'atica
 Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
 Universidade de Coimbra
 P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
 
 
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128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Hi
==

I have a system with 128Mg of RAN, but the Linux only sees 64Mg. 

--from dmesg

Memory: 64040k/66556k available (876k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1256k data)

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what it is the problem, and what it is the solution?

Thank you.


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Universidade de Coimbra
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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Scott Ellis
In /etc/lilo.conf

append=mem=128M

On 28 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:

 I have a system with 128Mg of RAN, but the Linux only sees 64Mg. 
 
 --from dmesg
 
 Memory: 64040k/66556k available (876k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1256k data)
 
 ---
 
 what it is the problem, and what it is the solution?

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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread C.J.LAWSON
If you are booting using Lilo then you can pass boot parameters to the OS
with the append command or when you see the Lilo promt (press tab at boot
up??)
The commmand looks someting like 

append=0x800

J.

On 28 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:

 Hi
 ==
 
 I have a system with 128Mg of RAN, but the Linux only sees 64Mg. 
 
 --from dmesg
 
 Memory: 64040k/66556k available (876k kernel code, 384k reserved, 1256k data)
 
 ---
 
 what it is the problem, and what it is the solution?
 
 Thank you.
 
 
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 Departamento de Matem\'atica
 Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
 Universidade de Coimbra
 P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/
 
 
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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Sorry that should be 
append=mem=0x800
Jonathan


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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida

From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sorry that should be 
   append=mem=0x800
Jonathan


What is the meaning of 0x800?

I already tried and did not work.

My lilo.conf is


boot=/dev/hda2
root=/dev/hda2
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
append=mem=0x800
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only


At\'e breve
===

Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Departamento de Matem\'atica
Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/


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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Michael Beattie
 
 From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Sorry that should be 
  append=mem=0x800
 Jonathan
 
 
 What is the meaning of 0x800?
 
 I already tried and did not work.
 
 My lilo.conf is
 
 
 boot=/dev/hda2
 root=/dev/hda2
 compact
 install=/boot/boot.b
 map=/boot/map
 vga=normal
 delay=20
 append=mem=0x800
 image=/vmlinuz
 label=Linux
 read-only
 

shouldn't it be:
 
boot=/dev/hda2
root=/dev/hda2
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
image=/vmlinuz  \
append=mem=0x800  / Swap??
label=Linux
read-only



   Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Ben Pfaff
   From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   
   Sorry that should be 
   append=mem=0x800
   Jonathan
   

   What is the meaning of 0x800?

   I already tried and did not work.

Here is my lilo.conf (I also have 128MB of RAM):

boot=/dev/sda
root=/dev/sda2
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=0
image=/vmlinuz
  append=mem=128M
  vga=0x030c
  label=Linux
  read-only

For you, the boot, root, and vga lines, and maybe others, will be
different.


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Re: 128Mg of RAN, how?

1998-01-28 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
   From: C.J.LAWSON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   
   Sorry that should be 
  append=mem=0x800
   Jonathan
   

   What is the meaning of 0x800?

   I already tried and did not work.

Here is my lilo.conf (I also have 128MB of RAM):

boot=/dev/sda
root=/dev/sda2
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=0
image=/vmlinuz
  append=mem=128M
  vga=0x030c
  label=Linux
  read-only


Ok. It worked

Memory: 127668k/131072k available (876k kernel code, 384k reserved,
2144k data)

Thank you all.

At\'e breve
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Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
Departamento de Matem\'atica
Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/


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