Re: problem with memory on linux

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From: Neil Rawlings
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00

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Gary Allpike <spice@q-net.net.au> wrote:

>Tuong David Tran wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I just installed Redhat linux v4.1 on my Pentium II, and having some
>> problems with the kernal. My system has 96 MB RAM, but linux says
>> it has only 64MB RAM (at boot up).
>> 
>> How do I make it recognises that it has 96MB RAM?
>> 
>> Any comment is appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> David.

>Hi David,

>add the following line to /etc/lilo.conf

>append="mem=96M"

>and re-run lilo

>that will make it pick up the 96MB RAM at boot every time

>regards

>Gary Allpike
>Q-Net Australia

Thanks for answering David  Gary, i had the same problem and after
reading your answer was able to get my 128 meg of ram recognised!
had a few trys, i already had an append comment in there so i had to
add my mem=128M   in between the " " then presto it worked after
running lilo and then rebooting , thanks again  re Neil

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