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Re: [PLUG] RAM Upgrade problems
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 10:34:12AM -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
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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 tried adding append="mem=192M" to my lilo.conf I got a general
> protection fault just after the memory size info was printed during startup.
>
> > 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.
I'm kind of fixated on that should. I'd be happy to get it work, I'd
be far happier to get it to work on its own.
I have 192M in there and seen by the BIOS, only 64M is getting used once I'm into linux.
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