Re: [aclug-L] RAM question

[Thomas Wallis <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Jesse Kaufman wrote:

> ok, i will soon be adding another 32Mb RAM to my system, and was curious
> if there was anything that i will have to do to my linux config to make
> it see/use it...

        Usually the answer is no, with a catch.  Sometimes LINUX doesn't 
"see" all your memory.  The free command in LINUX will tell you how much
LINUX thinks you have.  It may report less than expected.  In that case,
you can use mem=XXXM at the lilo prompt to "fix" this problem.  You can
also put 

append="mem=XXXM" 

(where XXX is your memory size)

into your lilo.conf file and rerun LILO.  Then LILO will give LINUX a clue
as to how much memory you really have.  I have heard the 2.1 kernels fix
this problem.  

                                T W

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