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Re: [PLUG] Re: RAM Upgrade problems
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 01:52:20PM -0500, Kevin Falcone wrote:
> >>>>> "GL" == Greg Lopp <lopp@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> GL> I did a search on memory upgrading and everyone seems to agree
> GL> that a modern LILO and kernel should auto-detect. What am I
> GL> missing here? (other than the extra 128M)
>
> But, some recent BIOSes are broken, so linux can't auto detect (it
> currently auto-detects the 162M in my machine)
>
> try adding the following to your lilo.conf
>
> append="mem=128M"
>
> this allows you to tell the kernel how much ram you have. The hihgmem
> options shouldn't kick in until 1gig of RAM.
As I mentioned on a separate thread, I tried this and received a
general protection fault.
I tried calling the manufacturer of the new RAM and they said that it
sounded like a software problem (duh!) but that they don't even test
against linux.
I'm almost out of things to try and investigate....does anybody know
any good resources for this type of problem? I'm going to try swaping
the slots later, then it's learning the kernel's detection scheme....
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