[SuSE Linux] Memory not completely initialised.
Hi, I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb. Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb. My second machine is an dual Pentium 133, which holds 96 Mb, will only see 64 Mb as max under SuSE 5.3. On both machines I do see the following message at startup: Loaded 4245 symbols from /System.map. Symbols match kernel version. klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. <4>Memory: sized by int13 088h <4>Console: 16 point font, 400 scans <4>Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000ffee0 <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xf0000 <4>pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf005e <4>Probing PCI hardware. <4>Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 60.01 BogoMIPS <4>Memory: 14696k/16384k available (768k kernel code, 384k reserved, 536k data) What you can see is two things, first the Memory sixed by Int13 088h, which gets the memory size from the bios. and second the Memory: 14696k/16384k available, so no 80 Mb. Can you manualy set this somewhere or do I have to think of more serious work??? Regards, Frans. </PRE> <PRE> begin:vcard n:Legdeur;Frans x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Xylan (TRC-Amsterdam version:2.1 email;internet:Frans.Legdeur@Xylan.com title:Customer Engineer tel;fax:++31-23-5560156 tel;home:++31-6-55815283 (mobile) tel;work:++31-23-5560103 note:Dutch HAM radio operator, PE 1 PRB. adr;quoted-printable:;;Xylan TRC Amsterdam=0D=0APlanetenweg 87-89;Hooffdorp;;2132 HL;The Netherlands x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Frans Legdeur end:vcard
append="mem=80M" add this to your /etc/lilo.conf and 96M for the other The bios is used to report the size of ram to lilo which passes it on to the kernel. On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Frans Legdeur wrote:
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
My second machine is an dual Pentium 133, which holds 96 Mb, will only see 64 Mb as max under SuSE 5.3. On both machines I do see the following message at startup:
Loaded 4245 symbols from /System.map. Symbols match kernel version. klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. <4>Memory: sized by int13 088h <4>Console: 16 point font, 400 scans <4>Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000ffee0 <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xf0000 <4>pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf005e <4>Probing PCI hardware. <4>Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 60.01 BogoMIPS <4>Memory: 14696k/16384k available (768k kernel code, 384k reserved, 536k data)
What you can see is two things, first the Memory sixed by Int13 088h, which gets the memory size from the bios. and second the Memory: 14696k/16384k available, so no 80 Mb.
Can you manualy set this somewhere or do I have to think of more serious work???
Regards,
Frans.
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On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, charles verge wrote:
append="mem=80M" add this to your /etc/lilo.conf and 96M for the other The bios is used to report the size of ram to lilo which passes it on to the kernel. On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Frans Legdeur wrote:
I might guess that CMOS has a 16MB limitation that is reporting less than the actual amount of memory. SuSE kernels don't usually require the 'append="80MB"' statement to see memory if CMOS is reporting it correctly. Just a guess. -------------------------------------------- Brad Shelton bshelton@ole.net On Line Exchange <A HREF="http://ole.net"><A HREF="http://ole.net</A">http://ole.net</A</A>> Detroit News <A HREF="http://detnews.com"><A HREF="http://detnews.com</A">http://detnews.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
There is a reference diskette with some models of Compaq. You boot off of it to enter setup. Sometimes you can install the reference image on a small partition and use F10 to initialize it. -alexm - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
SuSE kernels don't usually require the 'append="80MB"' statement to see memory if CMOS is reporting it correctly.
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Frans Legdeur wrote:
Hello Frans,
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Odd. We had a bit of Compaq bashing for other reasons last week (or I did.. ;-)), roughly I'd consider the following: - Have a look into setup, wether there is anything that limits the memory to 16MB (sort of weird option, the system *sees* it but wont *give* all to the OS for goodness knows what reasons)
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
there is a kernel option like: "limit memory to low 16MB" or similar that does *just* that. Make sure this option is off.
My second machine is an dual Pentium 133, which holds 96 Mb, will only see 64 Mb as max under SuSE 5.3. On both machines I do see the following message at startup:
as Charles suggested, add the 'append="mem=96M"' to the global section fo lilo.conf and re-run lilo.
... Can you manualy set this somewhere or do I have to think of more serious work???
Hopefully not :-)
Regards,
Frans.
Jürgen
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Frans Legdeur wrote:
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
I know this problem. Go into the Bios setup, then turn an option called "ram hole at 16m" (or something like that) off. I can't remember what ram holes are for, but you will find that it can cause problems with os's other than win95. [snip] bye. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
D Anich wrote:
Frans Legdeur wrote:
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
I know this problem. Go into the Bios setup, then turn an option called "ram hole at 16m" (or something like that) off. I can't remember what ram holes are for, but you will find that it can cause problems with os's other than win95.
How does one enter BIOS on a Compaq. A friend and I each have one, and neither of us can do it. George - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
try holding down the F10 key when the blinking cursor moves to the upper right corner of the screen during startup. ttyl j-l At 01:14 AM 12/5/98 -1000, you wrote:
D Anich wrote:
Frans Legdeur wrote:
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
I know this problem. Go into the Bios setup, then turn an option called
that) off. I can't remember what ram holes are for, but you will find
"ram hole at 16m" (or something like that it can cause problems with os's
other than win95.
How does one enter BIOS on a Compaq. A friend and I each have one, and neither of us can do it.
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J-L Boers wrote:
try holding down the F10 key when the blinking cursor moves to the upper right corner of the screen during startup.
hopefully, you'll have the service partition installed... without no blinking cursor and you'll need the setup/diagnostics disks. Juergen -- ========================================== __ _ Juergen Braukmann mail: brauki@cityweb.de| -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb@db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu| /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ==========================================_\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Hi,
I've got a strange problem on two of my machines. Upgraded one Compaq Prosignia 300 from 16 Mb to 80 Mb by adding 2 x 32 Mb. Did run through the Compaq setup and it shows me 80 Mb.
Allthough, running SuSE 5.3 linux, only the first 16 Mb is shown. I did recompile the kernal, but still it sticks at 16 Mb.
My second machine is an dual Pentium 133, which holds 96 Mb, will only see 64 Mb as max under SuSE 5.3. On both machines I do see the following message at startup:
Loaded 4245 symbols from /System.map. Symbols match kernel version. klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started. <4>Memory: sized by int13 088h <4>Console: 16 point font, 400 scans <4>Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000ffee0 <4>pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xf0000 <4>pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf005e <4>Probing PCI hardware. <4>Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 60.01 BogoMIPS <4>Memory: 14696k/16384k available (768k kernel code, 384k reserved, 536k data)
What you can see is two things, first the Memory sixed by Int13 088h, which gets the memory size from the bios. and second the Memory: 14696k/16384k available, so no 80 Mb.
Can you manualy set this somewhere or do I have to think of more serious work???
Regards,
Frans. </PRE> <PRE> begin:vcard n:Legdeur;Frans x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Xylan (TRC-Amsterdam version:2.1 email;internet:Frans.Legdeur@Xylan.com
Thanks for all the tips, I did solve the problem by adding the append = "mem=80M" to the lilo.conf file. So I didn't had to change my Bios settings in this case...but maybe they where allready OK. For the Compaq Bios settings, you need the special setup utility, downloaded from their web site to enter the setup. Normaly there is an special partition at the end of the hardisk cylinders, that you can start by holding down the F-10 key during startup, when the blok cursor blinks in the uperright corner. Allthoug when Linux is installed, and you didn't wipe out this partition, lilo will not allow the setup partition to start. So you can download the set of four disks, and when you boot your system with the first disk, it will give you an choice to continue starting from the special partition. Find all of this on the Compaq web-site... Regards, Frans. Frans Legdeur wrote: title:Customer Engineer tel;fax:++31-23-5560156 tel;home:++31-6-55815283 (mobile) tel;work:++31-23-5560103 note:Dutch HAM radio operator, PE 1 PRB. adr;quoted-printable:;;Xylan TRC Amsterdam=0D=0APlanetenweg 87-89;Hooffdorp;;2132 HL;The Netherlands x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Frans Legdeur end:vcard
Frans Legdeur wrote:
Thanks for all the tips,
I did solve the problem by adding the append = "mem=80M" to the lilo.conf file.
So I didn't had to change my Bios settings in this case...but maybe they where allready OK.
For the Compaq Bios settings, you need the special setup utility, downloaded from their web site to enter the setup. Normaly there is an special partition at the end of the hardisk cylinders, that you can start by holding down the F-10 key during startup, when the blok cursor blinks in the uperright corner.
Allthoug when Linux is installed, and you didn't wipe out this partition, lilo will not allow the setup partition to start.
I had a little Campaq bashing session with my collegues at work for this reason, but there *is* a solution. As soon as you install lilo, Compaq won't be able to access the diags. partition. you have to make an entry in lilo.conf for it. If this problem *persists* I'll ask and give further info. I'd treat the diags. part. just like M$-DOS.
So you can download the set of four disks, and when you boot your system with the first disk, it will give you an choice to continue starting from the special partition. Find all of this on the Compaq web-site...
Regards,
Frans.
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Juergen Braukmann wrote:
Frans Legdeur wrote:
So I didn't had to change my Bios settings in this case...but maybe they where allready OK.
For the Compaq Bios settings, you need the special setup utility, downloaded from their web site to enter the setup. Normaly there is an special partition at the end of the hardisk cylinders, that you can start by holding down the F-10 key during startup, when the blok cursor blinks in the uperright corner.
Allthoug when Linux is installed, and you didn't wipe out this partition, lilo will not allow the setup partition to start.
I had a little Campaq bashing session with my collegues at work for this reason, but there *is* a solution. As soon as you install lilo, Compaq won't be able to access the diags. partition. you have to make an entry in lilo.conf for it. If this problem *persists* I'll ask and give further info. I'd treat the diags. part. just like M$-DOS.
My recent experience with a compaq deskpro 590 is in order to access your isa slots you need the diagnostic partition. The system will run linux without it but you just cant get to the isa slots (not good) my compaq put the diag partition on the *1st 4mg of disk space AND a little something on the mbr! It insisted on that... wich forced me to run loadlin vmlinuz by hand (from a small 20M dos partition I created) come to find after serching deja news about compaq trashing disks... I read a post telling to add the Linear option to lilo... make the linux partition bootable and place lilo on the bootable drive wallah! worked like a charm. Just thought I'd pass that along that compaq isstarting to shape up ;-) have fun! rob -- Bookmarks <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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