Re: 128MB RAM on Linux

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
21 Aug 1998 11:07:42 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.3.0.1.32.19980821053801.009286b0@mail.likwid.qc.ca>,
Martin Guindon <likwid@likwid.qc.ca> wrote:

>But btw, why does Linux isn't recognizing more than 64MB automatically??
>It's one of the "plus" things Windows have... :/

It does, on most of the machines out there[1]. Since 1.2.13, if you
patch the kernel. (2.0.36 and 2.1 come pre-patched for your
enjoyment, as far as I know.)

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david parsons \bi/ memory detection -R- us.
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[1: some eisa bus machines (Compaq comes immediately to mind) REFUSE
to tell you how much memory you have, no matter which published
bios call you might want to use. Very annoying.]

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