Re: 2.0.32 freezes.

[Jakob Curdes]

On 07-Dec-97 Dave  Andruczyk wrote:
>>> >Check your lilo append line.  Add a line that says " append = "mem=191M" "
>> >Use 1 meg less than total ram.
>> >The kernel usually queries the bios for the total amount of memory, and in
>> >most cases gets it right, but on some Mboards/bios it get the wrong
>> >number.
>> Is there any info on which boards / bioses this occurs ?
>
>Not that I know of,  but I have heard the problems occur the most often on
>GigaByte and Tyan Boards or various vintage.  I use the lilo line on ALL
>of the systems I maintain ( better safe than sorry)

Ok, thank you. Sadly I did not see the beginning of this thread : when I have,
say, 64 MB of ram, I say append = "mem=63M" , is that correct ?

thanx,
jc

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