Yes, that's the first thing that I tried. Thanks tho ;) "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > Have you tried typing this at the LILO prompt: > > linux mem=128M > > If that works, you need to to put an append statement in /etc/lilo.conf and > re-run /sbin/lilo > > Jay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Erickson [mailto:jon.erickson at neicoltech.org] > > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 7:21 PM > > To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > Subject: [TCLUG] linux beta kernels > > > > > > After many hours of scouring the internet trying to figure out why my > > linux box only recognizes only 64Mb of my 128Mb RAM, I found > > an article > > with the solution. It seems to be an issue with my mainboard > > (Gigabyte > > GA-71XE). In a post on linuxhardware.com, someone upgraded to a > > 2.3.99pre6 kernel and it solved the memory issue. I know enough about > > linux to know that 2.3.x is a beta kernel and I am willing to > > upgrade in > > order to utilize an extra 64Mb of RAM. I haven't found any good > > documentation on using a beta kernel. Any suggestions\cautions? > > > > btw, I've built kernels before, just not a beta one yet. I have tried > > many things to solve this problem: appending lines to the lilo.conf > > file, passing parameters to the kernel on install, and switching the > > DIMM chip into different slots to name a few. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list