Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Memory being incorrected sized at boot-up | Date | Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:10:31 +0200 (MET DST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Kim Enkovaara wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Nicholas J. Leon wrote: > > > I recently popped a copy of Linux (2.0.30) on my Compaq Deskpro 2000 at > > work and was amazed to see that it incorrectly reported the amount of RAM. > > The box contains 32MB, but the kernel only sees 16MB. > > > > Yes, I know, lilo append="mem=32M". > > I noticed this also with Deskpro 2000 and mailed to Compaq Support. I told > them that I run Unix system with the computer and they answered to load > dos program do correct the reporting in dos :) It's a bug in their bios I > guess, because that dos program fills some values to system memory table.
Guys, Recent 2.1 kernels and 2.0.pre-31-2 have a new memory detection scheme. You are hereby requested to upgrade to one of those versions, and report if that works......
Roger.
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