Re: tlug: Memory use

[Leo Glynn <pal@example.com>]

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tlug note from Leo Glynn <pal@example.com>
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Hi Dave
Here is something from REDHAT on this
I had the same problem but can't remember what I did


There are a couple things that could be wrong. On some 386's, you need
to compile your kernel
with ``Limit memory to 16M?'' enabled. Some AMI BIOS motherboards have a
memory option to
split memory into two segments. I'm not sure what the option is called,
but it has something to do
with ``linear''. You'll find it in your BIOS setup. You may need to
specify the amount of memory to
the kernel at boot time from lilo. To try this, type: linux mem=32M at
the lilo prompt. If that
works, you can add that line to the append in your /etc/lilo.conf and
rerun lilo. The example from
above would be: 

                     append = "mem=32M"



Don't forget to run `lilo' after editing the file. 

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> tlug note from Totoro <riley@example.com>
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> I'm wondering what is the best way to get Linux to make use
> of the physical RAM on this Gateway. The BIOS has no trouble
> seeing 32M, but Linux only sees 13M. This slows things up,
> as you may have guessed. Well, in trying to force it through
> in the /etc/lilo.conf file (append = "mem=32M"), I've gone
> and succeeded in locking up the whole hard disk. Seg faults
> and general protection faults and all.  :-(
>

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