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Re: [PLUG] RAM Upgrade problems
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Lopp" <lopp@earthlink.net>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>; <tech@clug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:29 AM
Subject: [PLUG] RAM Upgrade problems
> This is supposed to be simple....
Famous last words ... :-)
> I got some more RAM, pluged it in, restarted the machine. The BIOS
> detects it and sucessfully tests it, but the linux kernel only seems
> to find the original 64M.
There's a LILO switch ... APPEND RAM=xxx(? - unsure of the exact verbage;
check the man page).
Perhaps that will help.
> I did a search on memory upgrading and everyone seems to agree that a
> modern LILO and kernel should auto-detect. What am I missing here?
"Should" is correct. How much do you have now, anyway? I know my RedHat 6.2
(kernel 2.2.16-3, on an Asus mobo) properly sees my 384M RAM.
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