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



Shlomi Fish wrote:

> 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?

add the following to lilo.conf:

append=" mem=256M "

Marc
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