Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread Nate Amsden
SamBozo Debian User wrote: > Guess all is well now, it's just I wanted to know what I had done wrong > and could change next time had to I re-compiled. i don't think you did anything wrong. it's very normal to have to use the append. i use it on most of the systems i run. and the 3 systems i ment

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
Nate Amsden wrote: > > did you change any bios settings or perhaps do a flash upgrade? i have > seen that certain > bios settings do affect how much memory linux can see(although i haven't > been able > to track down exactly which ones). i have 3 mainboards in 3 different > servers > with slightl

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread Nate Amsden
SamBozo Debian User wrote: > yep I ran lilo after the compile. did you change any bios settings or perhaps do a flash upgrade? i have seen that certain bios settings do affect how much memory linux can see(although i haven't been able to track down exactly which ones). i have 3 mainboards in 3 di

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
> I don't really know, maybe someone who does will chime in here. Just a > thought after you compiled your new kernel did you rerun /sbin/lilo > before you booted? If not, I'd take the append line out and rerun lilo, > boot and see if everything is fine. Just a thought. > kent yep I ran lilo a

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:05:43PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > ktb wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > > I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for > > > my memory. > > > I have 256m originally (b4 the compil

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread SamBozo Debian User
ktb wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > > I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for > > my memory. > > I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only > > 64m is recognized. I have done the append=

Re: incorrect memory

2001-02-24 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:41:59PM +, SamBozo Debian User wrote: > I have just completed my 1st kernal compile. Things seem fine except for > my memory. > I have 256m originally (b4 the compile) it was all recognized. Now only > 64m is recognized. I have done the append="mem=256M" on another b