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Kernel reports that I have 64MB of RAM instead of 256MB



Hi!

I have installed Mandrake 7.1 here at work. When I'm using a kernel which I 
compile myself and try to load linux by using loadlin, I encounter the 
following problem: I have 256 MB of RAM, but free reports that I only have 
64 MB.

Now, I tried both the 2.2.15 kernel that comes with the distribution (it 
has some patches such as ReiserFS and supermount), as well as the vanilla 
2.2.16 kernel with the ResierFS patch. (My Linux partition is ReiserFS). I 
tried to compile with both the 1GB memory limit and 2GB memory limit.

If I load Linux by using the boot-diskette which I prepared during the 
Mandrake installatation, I can see the entire 256 MB of RAM.

My system specs are:
Pentium III 667 MHz
256 MB of RAM
Two 15GB Seagate Hard-disks: one of them Win98 second edition and the other 
Mandrake 7.1 linux.

What am I doing wrong and how can I make sure that my custom kernel loads fine?

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish



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