> I say bug because new users are convinced that this is a Linux bug,
> since Windows 95 or greater detects all of their RAM just fine.
>
> So, which is it? A Linux problem or a BIOS problem. If it is a BIOS
> problem, how does Windows properly detect the amount of RAM.
We use BIOS E801. Some bios vendors recently broke this. Take it up
with them.
> I've also heard that 2.4 solves this problems. How hard would it be to
> "back-port" the solution to 2.2?
Too risky, wont happen near future
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