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Re: Memory expansion problem.
- To: Maxim Kryachko <MaximK(at-nospam)e-mobile.com>
- Subject: Re: Memory expansion problem.
- From: "Nadav Har'El" <nyh(at-nospam)math.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:29:40 +0200
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001, Maxim Kryachko wrote about "Memory expansion problem.":
> Hi list.
> I added some additional memory to my workstation, and added
> append="mem=768M"
> to my /etc/lilo.conf.
> After I reboot, free still shows me 64M of total memory.
> Any clues why could it happen ?
Did you remember to run "lilo" after changing /etc/lilo.conf? In itself,
changing /etc/lilo.conf doesn't do anything - it is NOT read during the
boot process. All it does is act as a configuration file for the "lilo"
program which in turn writes the boot sector, which is what matters in
the end.
By the way, does anybody know in what cases is this "mem=.." trick needed?
I've seen several machines where Linux automatically knows the correct
amount of memory, and other machines where it doesn't (e.g., my machine
has 128M but Linux finds only 64M). Needless to say, Windows always (seems
to) find the correct amount by itself, so it should be possible to do so...
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