Re: kernel support for 256M

[Yao Wang <ywangz eecs umich edu>]

Thanks for the reply.
Although the machines was running 2.0.35, there appeared no difference
with or without the append line.
where can we find memory management specs for recent kernels?

Tx

yao

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Chris Albertson wrote:

> Yao Wang wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, all:
> > 
> > I'd like to add another 128 M memory on a machine that already has 128 M.
> > There is a line in  the currnet /etc/lilo.conf
> > append="mem=128M"
> > My hunch is that I have to change it to 256, I am quite ignorant about
> > kernel config for different memories.
> 
> Older Kernels needed a line like "append="mem=128M" in the lilo,conf
> file.  Newer Kernels don't.  Just delete the line unless your system
> is older than about 2.0.36.  
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