Brad Shelton wrote:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 08:42:22PM -0500, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
Brad Shelton pointed out to me the existence of a Lilo parameter `mem=' for specifying the amount of available RAM. On further investigation I discovered a few paragraphs on this subject in the Boot-Prompt Howto (not where I would have expected it).
It seems that the normal PC Bios is unable to report memory sizes greater than 64MB. Linux needs this parameter to find out how much memory is actually available. According to Linus the All-Knowing as quoted in that document, overstating the amount of available memory can cause all kinds of disasters. I suspect the problems I was having with a filesystem implosion were related to some nonuniformity in the mechanisms used by different system components for determining how much memory is present.
In my case I've specified `mem=128M'. Has anyone else found this parameter to be necessary?
Only on non-SuSE kernels trees.
In other words, if I pick up a kernel (such as 2.2.14) that isn't provided by SuSE, I do need the parameter - right? Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/