>
>
> > > > Machine has 32 meg RAM but poor Linux for some reason
> > > > thinks that there is only 16 MB.
> > >
> > > There is two short-term solutions :
> > > * add a line in your /etc/lilo.conf, that states :
> > > append="mem=32M"
> > > * or, get ftp://studio.via.ecp.fr/pub/linux-16M-problem.patch
>
>
> Well , I tried that patch but it did not help, Linux still
> sees on only 16 MB.
>
> But I wonder what is the difference so that windows 95 can
> find all memery without problems.
>
> And this laptop is completely new model from compaq (120 Pentium)
> so it probably does not have very old bios.
Every Compaq I have ever used (several since 1985) has a very non-standard
bios. I am not surprised. Have you tried the suggested "append=" line?
Bob
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