Re: INSTALLATION SEES ONLY 64MB OF 256MB RAM: DWEF

[Joe Cooper <joe swelltech com>]

D Fuller wrote:
> 
> My Mandrake Linux PC only recognizes 64 MB of RAM although the PC has
> 256 MB.
> 
> Can anyone help?  I have done my 'Bible Study'  (the RED HAT LINUX BIBLE
> by Negus) but I can't find anything about this type of problem.
> 
> I recently bought a PC with 256 MB RAM which I need for my hobby of
> editing videos (unfortunately the software has to use WIN98) so I had to
> deal with the small number of vendors expert in configuring editing
> systems. Not all components are suitable for video editing tasks.

This is an easy one to fix and a common problem.

Edit /etc/lilo.conf

and add this line under your "root=/dev/hdaX" line:

append="mem=256M"

I'm pretty sure that's the correct line, though I haven't had that
problem recently.  It is still a common problem with K6/K7 and possibly
some PIII hardware (integrated video/sound motherboards seem most prone
to this..if you have integrated video, you must subtract the amount of
memory taken by the video buffer).  Contrary to what was mentioned by
someone earlier, it does affect the 2.2. kernel series as well as the
2.0 series.

Rerun lilo as mentioned before.

/sbin/lilo

Reboot...and you're done.
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