Re: loadlin and 128 megs ram

Trevor Johnson (trevor@jpj.net)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:17:21 -0700 (PDT)

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> I noticed that loading linux from loadlin (2.1.97, others untested) with 128
> megs of ram leads to a 64M only detection by the kernel. With lilo, everything
> works fine. Windows (osr2) detects the entire memory.

Try using "mem=128M" as an option to loadlin. On the PC, stock Linux
doesn't use the BIOS calls that can report memory beyond 64 MB.
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