Messages in this thread | | | From | "Yin Dadian" <> | Subject | 回复: Memory errors with 64MB RAM? | Date | Sat, 30 May 1998 07:13:09 +0800 |
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Hi, my machine have 128M memory too. my machine BIOS can get it.But when i restart my machine, linux report the memory only have 64M . So i edit file /etc/lilo.conf : add a line : append = "mem=128M" after the line "boot = /dev/hda" , then rebuild my kernel and reboot , it is ok!
-----Original Message----- 发件人: Riley Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com> 收件人: Mike Ford Ditto <ford@omnicron.com> 抄送: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> 日期: 1998年5月30日 6:01 主题: Re: Memory errors with 64MB RAM?
>Hi Mike. > > > I recently upgraded the RAM in a 166MHz Pentium system and the new > > memory doesn't seem to work (I get filesystem corruption, kernel > > paging errors, and random SIGSEGVs to various programs). > > > Obviously, the first suspect is that the new memory is defective or > > incompatible. But I thought I would take a long shot and ask here > > if there is anything to watch out for when running Linux on a PC > > with 64MB or more memory. > From bitter experience, I learned to watch for BIOS's that grab the >top 4k of RAM for themselves. That's not a problem if Linux uses the >value reported by the BIOS itself, but if you start sticking append >lines specifying "mem=xxM" then watch out !!! > >I now have 128M of RAM on my machine, but if I specify "mem=128M" then >it locks solid EVERY time for precicely this reason. However, if I >specify "mem=131068k" instead, thus reducing the amount of memory by >just 4k, I get NO problems whatsoever... > >Best wishes from Riley. > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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