[ltp] suspend and RAM upgrade
Nicola Botta
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 03 Mar 2000 12:38:54 +0100
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Rob, James, Anand,
thanks a lot for your help ! Booting with mem=196032k works
fine.
best regards,
Nicola
Rob Mayoff wrote:
> | I have upgraded the RAM on my TP600E 2645-4A0 from 64MB to
> | 192MB. Both Windows and, booting with the mem=192m kernel
> | argument, Linux, recognize the 192MB and work fine.
>
> Try booting with mem=191M. The BIOS on many Thinkpads needs the top
> 576K
> for its own use. Actually, saying mem=196032K should work and give you
>
> slightly more memory. (That should be the number your Thinkpad prints
> in
> the upper left corner shortly after you turn it on).
>
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Nicola Botta, Data & Computation
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Rob, James, Anand,
<p>thanks a lot for your help ! Booting with mem=196032k works
<br>fine.
<p>best regards,
<br>Nicola
<br>
<br>
<p>Rob Mayoff wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>| I have upgraded the RAM on my TP600E 2645-4A0 from
64MB to
<br>| 192MB. Both Windows and, booting with the mem=192m kernel
<br>| argument, Linux, recognize the 192MB and work fine.
<p>Try booting with mem=191M. The BIOS on many Thinkpads needs the top
576K
<br>for its own use. Actually, saying mem=196032K should work and give
you
<br>slightly more memory. (That should be the number your Thinkpad prints
in
<br>the upper left corner shortly after you turn it on).
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Nicola Botta, Data & Computation
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Telegrafenberg C4, Postfach 60 12 03, D-14412 Potsdam
tel: ++49 (0)331 288 2657 <a href="mailto:botta@pik-potsdam.de">mailto:botta@pik-potsdam.de</a></pre>
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