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SubjectRe: Automatic memory size detection
probably 2.2.12 will be no good either, on my system(just upgraded to
128mb)
2.2.12 does not find more than 64mb, but 2.3.16 find it all without need
for mem=128M on kernel command line.

Harald Koenig wrote:
>
> On Sep 06, Massoud Asgharifard wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Can any one kindly explain why automatic memory size detection works on
> > some motherboards, and refuses to do so on some others?
>
> because some BIOS versions are more broken than others in respect of
> reporting the amount of RAM being installed.
>
> > I've a Gigabyte 5AA, with AMD-K6/2-366MHz, with 128M ram, and I've change
> > the /etc/lilo.conf when I add or remove ram from the system.
>
> you don't mention which Linux kernel version you're using.
> old versions may not handle broken BIOSes as gracefully as more recent
> Linux versions do. maybe you should try 2.2.12 instead of 2.0.x ?!

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