Re: Linux won't work with RAM > 64 MB

1999-03-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Werner: I do not know why your system would not boot correctly with > 64Mb RAM. Linux 2.0 will not recognise more than 64Mb RAM automatically, but it will still boot (but ignore the extra memory). I have 128Mb RAM in my system here and Linux 2.0 works fine. On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 12:12:34PM -0700

Re: Linux won't work with RAM > 64 MB

1999-03-07 Thread Johan Groth
Werner Reisberger wrote: > > I tried to install Debian 2.0r4 without success wasting many hours. Two > questions on this list also didn't help. Finally I discovered that Linux > won't boot if there is more than 64 MB RAM installed (I used 128). I'm using 128 MB RAM and everything works ok. If you

Re: Linux won't work with RAM > 64 MB

1999-03-07 Thread Mark Yobb
You can get Debian to use your 128M of memory by passing a command to the kernel with your boot loader. I use lilo and this is what I put in my /etc/lilo.conf file append="mem=80M" I put this right near the top of my lilo.conf file. You would have to use something like this append="mem=128M

Linux won't work with RAM > 64 MB

1999-03-07 Thread Werner Reisberger
I tried to install Debian 2.0r4 without success wasting many hours. Two questions on this list also didn't help. Finally I discovered that Linux won't boot if there is more than 64 MB RAM installed (I used 128). There isn't anything mentioned in the Debian install.txt and I am suggesting to inco