Re: >64MB RAM problems, why?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 19:41:03 EST


> 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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