Re: Above 64M of RAM & SMP

Rui Sousa (rsousa@grad.physics.sunysb.edu)
Tue, 02 Nov 1999 01:04:58 -0500


Jim Roland wrote:
>
> How does one get the kernel to see RAM above 64M?
>
In lilo.conf use the option (in the image section of the kernel you want to
boot):

append="mem=120M"

If you have 120 Mb of memory. Linux kernel > 2.0.0 should automatically
detect this.
Also don't forget to rerun lilo to make the changes effective.

> Also, how do I get a kernel to see multiple processors?

You have to recompile the kernel and enable SMP support.

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