Albert Chiou wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Compaq ProSignia 500 and it is not reading > the RAM properly. It detects only 16 MB of RAM when i > have 128 MB (confirmed by BIOS), so when I run the > installer for Red-Hat, it tells me that I don't have > enough memoery to install it. When I type: "linux > mem=128M" at the "boot:" prompt, the kernal soon goes > into a panic (at about the time its checking up the > hard drives for something i think. Perhaps it doesn't > like my drives...I'm not sure) > > If any of you have any clues at all as to what to do, > please e-mail me. thanks. :) > > -Albert C. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > >
>This worked: > >append="mem=240M@16M" > >Why? I have no clue! but several articles denoting things such as >append="mem=256M@1M" were inspirational :-))) > > >I have not tested with other RH versions but, AFAIK it's an issue with >some Compaq oldies. BIOS version is E16 (1999) > > > This is part of a thread of a problem I posted to the list. If you have 128 MB you could try: append="mem=112M@16M" Good luck -- Francisco Neira B. Administrador de Red Defensoria del Pueblo Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
