Re: How to setup Linux server use > 64MB RAM

mullein (mullein@aa.net)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:34:25 -0700 (PDT)


I thought that 2.[123].x kernels saw memory properly...but when i was
running 2.3.10, i noticed that the kernel was only seeing 64M of 256M. I
had not had that problem with 2.2.10. Of course, I just added mem=256M to
lilo.conf.

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On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Dave DeMaagd wrote:

> Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@mandrakesoft.com> wrote: > > > Sorry for stupid question, but I forgot that document. > > > Pls. show me the document that explains it in detail if possible. > > > > linux is said to be able to view all memory by itself. > > sadly, there are bogus motherboards that prevent him to view more than > > 64Mb. > > look at man bootparams : you may append either "mem=128m" or > > "mem=0x8000000" > > > That should only be necessary if you are using a 2.0.x kernel, the > 2.[123].x kernels should not require that (I don't think it'll hurt). > > -- > Dave DeMaagd - demaagd@slashdot.org - SysAdmin/Programmer - TheImageGroup > When people ask you where you'd keep it if you had everything, tell them > you'd leave it where you found it, it's all yours anyway. > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >

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