Re: Linux and more than 64Mb ram

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From: Robert Brockway
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00

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David Gibson (david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au) wrote:
: John Alexander (johna@sympac.com.au) wrote:
: : Hi
: : I've got a P166+ with 64meg of ram.  However I would like it to have
: : more :)
: 
: : I installed 80 meg and the bios recognised it, but linux (slackware
: : 2.0.27) only saw 64 meg still.
: 
: : It there anything I have to do to get it to go, or is there a limit to
: : 64 meg?
: : Thanks.
: 
: mem=80M on the kernel command line I beleive. Linux can use lots of memory
: but won't autodetect above 64M

Its actually a bios problem believe it or not.  Even though the bios sees
80mb (as stated above) it can only pass a vaule ot 64mb to the kernel.
newer bioses do not have ths problem.  The mem=80M kernel parameter will
definiately work.
Cheers,
	-Robert

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From: unrbrock@mailbox.uq.edu.au (Robert Brockway)
Subject: Re: Linux and more than 64Mb ram
Date: 1997/03/23
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