for your first problem, add the following line to your /etc/lilo.conf
and then re-write your boot configuration using '/sbin/lilo':
append = "MEM=80M"
The reason for this is, the memory scanning abilities of Linux have been
limited to 64MB of memory for many (all?) of the mainstream kernels. If
you use more than that, you have to specify it through the "MEM=xxxM"
option in lilo.
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Hopefully someone else on the list can address your second problem.
I've been running 2.0.32 for only a day now on 3 machines, and I'm
waiting for a verdict myself.
Brian
Shane DeRidder wrote:
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> I have an AST Adventure 400 (AMD K5 150mhz, 1.2gb hard disk, IDE CD-ROM,
> Sound Blaster Compat. card, 16mb SDRAM) that I recently purchased 64mb
> SDRAM dimm for. This was supposed to give me a total of 80mb of RAM, but
> Linux seems to only see 64mb of it. During boot, The BIOS screen shows
> all 80mb and identifies the two DIMM modules. Anyone have any ideas?
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> Also, I'm experiencing some odd problems. When I leave the machine up for
> a few days (with or without the additional 64mb of RAM), the system
> becomes very flaky. gcc segfaults when trying to compile the kernel,
> /bin/login fails to run, I get kernel oopses like mad up to and including
> complete system lock-ups. I contacted AMD thinking it may be related to
> the bug they found in their CPU's, but this particular processor is a K5
> and not a K6. I'm not sure what the problem is here. Anyone have any
> thoughts on what I could check?
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> This kernel was compiled from a clean source tree running on a RedHat 4.2
> distribution.
>
> Thanks in advance.. Please CC replies to my address.
>
> Shane-
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