[ltp] I'm fresh of Linux...

[Thomas Wimmer]

Kevin Huber schrieb:
> 
> "Bernard" == Bernard Blunier <bernie@dreamlab.net> writes:
> >> I've got 128MB of RAM, but Linux sees only 64MB!
> Bernard> the following site should help you out:
> Bernard> http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp_diverse.html
> 
> I've found that adding an append line with the exact amount
> reported by the POST works on my TP600.  I have 192M.  The (RAM - 
> 1) way would give 191M or 191*1024=195584K.  The POST reports
> 196032K, so that's 448K which would have been wasted -- enough
> for 1/3 of an xterm or so
> ;-).

>From the "ThinkPad 770 (9548), 770E/ED (9548) 770X (9549), 770Z
(9549) Hardware Maintenance Manual":

"The memory size is displayed in kilobites. 576 KB is
reserved by the system, so you calculate the memory size
by the following equation:
[total memory size (MB)] × 1024 - 576 (KB)
For example, if the total memory size is 64 MB, it is
displayed as 64960 KB."
 
> -Kevin

Thomas
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