Got it going.... seeing mem? Still no joy

[Michael B. Sayer]

My lilo file now looks like this.  I changed the line to read
append="mem191M".  After running /sbin/lilo I still get no joy.  Linux
still reckons I've only 64 meg of ram.  I'm checking out the mem status by
using "free" at the prompt.

boot=/dev/hda3
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeoutP
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
label=linux
root=/dev/hda3
read-only
append="mem191M"
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/had

Some of you who have replied are suggesting I need a "square" symbol for
what seems like the 1st two digits:

append="mem5M"

this would be for 195 meg of ram..........

NT sees the mem fine.............. so I don't think I've got any loose chips
;-)

Any thoughts?

Michael

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-----Original Message-----
From:	bm@bms.softwarezentrum.de [mailto:bm@bms.softwarezentrum.de] On Behalf
Of Frank 'Crash' Edwards
Sent:	Monday, June 07, 1999 6:25 PM
To:	linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject:	Re: Got it going.... seeing mem?

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, fburke wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Once you added the change to the lilo file did you compile it with the
lilo
> command?

Simpler than that.  He doesn't have 196mb, he has 192mb.  The 196 that he
thinks he has is what the TP displays during the power-up sequence, but
it's measure in 1000 bytes, not 1024 bytes. :-)

Change the lilo line to "191M" and try it again.  (I know, 'cuz my TP 770X
has 192mb of RAM also.)

As a side issue, it seems that "191M" works but "191m" doesn't.  Is the
kernel really case-sensitive on this point?  Seems a little nit-picky to
me...

> -Fred-
>
> "Michael B. Sayer" wrote:
>
> > After a lot of reading and compiling the extra bit for XF86 and fiddling
> > with my XFConfig,  I now have it all up and running - well the x windows
> > (kde) at least!  I have to say a big thank you to all, for the pointers
and
> > the web resources for the TP.  I'm not sure how long it would have taken
me
> > otherwise!  It was worth it in the end.  Linux is lovely!
> >
> > However I don't seem to be able to get Linux to see all of my RAM (196
meg).
> > I've included my lilo file (small that it is).  I've included the
append=
> > line and I ran /sbin/lilo and rebooted.  No joy.  I'd be grateful for
any
> > comments:

> > Thanks,
> > Michael

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