Debian install docs do say something about disabling all "memory holes" in the bios. -chris
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Julio Merino wrote: > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 07:09:08PM +0200, Jason Quigley wrote: > > > Does your bios have the setting memory hole at 64M activated? I'm not sure > > if > > that's the exact option. I only vaguely remember something like that as I > > haven't rebooted for such a long time - and sorry - I refuse to for > > this! ;-) > > Wrong... the option is Memory hole at 15-16 Mb ;-) > So, I think this can't be the problem. > > Have you configured your kernel to support Athlon and MMTR ? > > Bye! > > > > > Cheers, > > Jason. > > > > --On Monday, September 11, 2000 9:20 -0700 Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:56:52PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: > > >> I just purchased two Athalon-based systems, each with 768M of ram. > > >> However, under debian (potato runnin kernel 2.2.17) the OS sees only 65 > > >> M of memory. I have tried to use the append command > > >> > > >> mem=768M > > >> > > >> but it still sees only 65 M? > > >> > > >> Does anyone have any ideas? > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Arthur H. Edwards > > >> 712 Valencia Dr. NE > > >> Abq. NM 87108 > > >> > > >> (505) 256-0834 > > >> > > > > > > I haven't tried on my athlon, but i've heard that grub will autodetect > > > your ram correctly, and pass the info to the kernel. Still doesn't help > > > with the fact that mem= isn't working for you, but its a start :) > > > > > > Erik Bernhardson > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and > > > remove all doubt. > > > -- Abraham Lincoln > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Juli-Manel Merino Vidal > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://jmmv.cjb.net > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
