On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 18:59:52 -0400, "Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The bios reports 3716k RAM with >1M memory checking enabled >there's 4 30pin simms installed. > >Linux sees 1936k available (free and top). > >Anyone know what can be causing this? The memory reported does not include the memory occupied by the kernel. I had similar readings on a similar machine, and it was practically unusable. I'd advise you to compile a custom kernel (on a different machine!) with only what you need in it, and of that the stuff you don't need all the time moved to modules. Dpkg makes it easy to make a debian package of the custom kernel and modules, to install on the low-mem machine. My 4M 386 now has 3260K available memory, and functions without problems as an IP-masqerading host. Gertjan. -- Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html
