Re: Linux and Memory >64M

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 00:00

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Alexander Samad (asamad@nielsen.com.au) wrote:
: Hi

: I have 96M of Ram and when I use top it tells me I have only 64M of RAM,
: so does linux see above the 64M Range ?

: alex

It will if you let the kernel know you have >64M
you do this by passing the following to the kernel at boot
mem=96M

there are a few ways to do that but the most common (?) is to add an
"append" line to your lilo.conf file.
I forget the exact syntax, suggest you refer to the lilo man pages.
JP

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Subject: Re: Linux and Memory >64M
Date: 1996/09/02
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