Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:42:15 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: mem=options changed in 2.6.x? |
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:28:35 -0500 (EST) Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
| I have a Compaq Proliant 5000 with 320Mb RAM. | | If I boot up either linux 2.4.22 or 2.6.4, it only identifies 12Mb of memory. | | With 2.4.22, the kernel parameters "mem=exactmap mem=640k@0M mem=319M@1M" | worked to make the kernel identify all of the memory. | | I have tried the same with linux 2.6.4, but with the above flags the | kernel will not boot. With "mem=320M", the system boots, but it still | thinks it has only 12Mb RAM. | | Something I'm missing or did this change between releases?
See file: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Basically, you need to change "mem=" to "memmap=" in all 3 places above.
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