My stock install RH 6.0 kernel finds my 128MB RAM without any line added to
lilo.conf.
>
> I've got 2.2.15, I think.
>
> Until I put the append mem into lilo.conf I was only getting
> 64M.
>
> I believe there is a BUILD option when you make the kernel
> so that it will figure it out by itself.
>
> You should check.
>
> Try being root, and run "top"
>
> Make sure it says your total mem available is > 64M, otherwise
> you'll want to reboot with a new lilo.conf ;)-
>
> THX
> -AEF
>
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Mike Fletcher wrote:
> > >>>>> "Allen" == Allen Francom ">aef@prismnet.com> writes:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Allen> Here is a total snippet of one particular image in my
> > Allen> lilo.conf:
> >
> > Allen> image = /boot/vmlinuz label = normal root = /dev/hda5
> > Allen> append="mem=128M"
> >
> > Allen> You will of course want to put the right number of
> > Allen> megabytes in there, whatever you actually have installed.
> >
> > Allen> Note also that this is only necessary if you have > 64MB
> > Allen> RAM installed. Otherwise don't bother.
> >
> > I think this is only true for older (2.0, IIRC) kernels.
> > I'm running 2.2.14 on a box with 128M and don't have anything in my
> > lilo.conf.
> >
> > Fletch
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