Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Oct 1996 14:13:46 -0700 (MST) | From | Bob Nielsen <> | Subject | Re: Linux does not see my 32 Meg RAM |
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Jari Soderholm wrote:
> > > > > > Machine has 32 meg RAM but poor Linux for some reason > > > > thinks that there is only 16 MB. > > > > > > There is two short-term solutions : > > > * add a line in your /etc/lilo.conf, that states : > > > append="mem=32M" > > > * or, get ftp://studio.via.ecp.fr/pub/linux-16M-problem.patch > > > Well , I tried that patch but it did not help, Linux still > sees on only 16 MB. > > But I wonder what is the difference so that windows 95 can > find all memery without problems. > > And this laptop is completely new model from compaq (120 Pentium) > so it probably does not have very old bios.
Every Compaq I have ever used (several since 1985) has a very non-standard bios. I am not surprised. Have you tried the suggested "append=" line?
Bob
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