[ltp] can't detect all 256 MB of RAM (RH 6.2, 2.2.14 on 770X)

[Vivek Dasmohapatra]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Stefano Casadei wrote:

> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I have 256 MB of RAM on my Thinkpad 770X that are detected
> correctly by Windows 98.
> 
> However, my RH 6.2 only sees 64MB.

You need to tell the kernel how much memory you have. Old BIOSes didn't
provide enough/any info about memory > 64Mb, so that was all the kernel
would/could check for. 

Basically, a line of: 

append="mem=128M"

in your lilo config file, or booting kernel image FOO with 

FOO mem=128M 

at the lilo prompt should fix this. A more modern BIOS/kernel combination
[either or both could be at fault] might well do away with this problem
altogether.

HTH

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