[aclug-L] Re: Base memory 512kb and extend memory 31744KB

[Maverick <mluvw47@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Tom

  it is an AST machine with PII-233. yes I went to the
bios and that shows:

base memory: 512K
extended of 31744k

when it bootup it show 32XXXM memory, and it got a 9G
drive on that. I don't know why it doesn't work.

Regards,
Mav



--- Thomas Wallis <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>       This is very strange.  Does your BIOS report base
> memory of 512K
> and extended of 31744?  I have certainly seen LINUX
> not be able to detect
> all the memory of the machine, but it normally goes
> ahead and installs
> anyway, and just uses part of the memory until you
> use the lilo append
> trick to tell it how much memory the system really
> has.  What kind of
> machine is this?  
> 
>                               Tom W.
> 
> 
> > > On Thursday 19 July 2001 12:18 am, you wrote:
> > > > Hi, all
> > > >
> > > > I have a PII-233, and it has
> > > > Base memory 512kb and extend memory 31744KB
> > > > on boot up it show 32M memory,
> > > > I tried to install Debian, so I put the
> bootable
> > > > Debian cd on the cdrom . When it boot, it
> shows:
> > > >
> > > > " SYSLINUX 1.48xxxx Copyright.
> > > > It appears your computer has less than 608k of
> the
> > > > low("Dos") RAM. Linux needs at least this
> amount
> > > to
> > > > boot. If you get this message in error, hold
> down
> > > the
> > > > Ctrl key while booting, and I will take you
> word
> > > for
> > > > it.
> > > > Boot failed."
> > > >
> > > > When I hold the Ctrl key, it shows the Welcome
> to
> > > > Debian page, with the prompt "boot: "
> > > > I don't know what agrument should I put after
> the
> > > > boot, if I just hit the enter key. It show
> > > > "Boot fail: please change disks and press a
> key to
> > > > continue."
> > > >
> > > > I tried to put a Debian boot disk, it still
> > > generate
> > > > the same error.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone has any idea what should I do? any
> argument
> > > > should I tried? please help.
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Mav
> > > >
> > > >
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