andy: > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >>> My question is: are there any known limits on the amount of RAM Lenny >>> can operate with? >> >> No, but I think you have hit a problem Linux has with certain mainboards >> that I have read about a few times already. I don't know the exact >> solution anymore but it involves telling the kernel how much memory you >> have. It's something like a 'mem=XXXXM' boot parameter. >> > Thanks for that clue Jochen. I am running the 2.6.22-3-686 kernel. Can > anyone verify this and what the parameters are that need to be passed to > the kernel? Is this likely to require my recompiling the kernel?
I did the googling for you (linux slow boot ram upgrade kernel parameter): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/129172 :) J. -- Quite often I wonder why I am not more famous and/or more wealthy. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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