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Article #218Re: add memory tips?
From: Aaron M. Ucko
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:56
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:56
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Damon <rileyd@wam.umd.edu> writes:
> I'm running RHL 7.1 and Windows ME. Anything special I
> should know about plugging in new memory in a dual boot set
> up? Will RH detect it or will I need to do a config?
Modern Linux kernels should detect all the memory automatically.
(Older versions would only detect the first 64M; if you had more, you
had to pass an option to the kernel, typically by putting a line of
the form
append="mem=NNNm"
in your lilo.conf and re-running LILO.)
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
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