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missing 64 MB RAM



at the boot: prompt, type mem=128M.  You can make this
automatic by adding

	append = "mem=128M"

to the Global section of /etc/lilo.conf and using lilo to
update the bootblock.

If your motherboard uses the upper 384K for BIOS cache or
some similar rubbish you will need to specify something short
of 128M, like mem=130688K.

Mystified?  It's a BIOS thing.  Nobody ever thought we'd get
beyond 64MB RAM.  For more info, check out the BootPrompt
HowTo  On RHL it's in /usr/doc/HOWTO if you installed the HOWTO
rpm.  Also check out the lilo(8) and lilo.conf(5) man pages.

Enjoy & don't forget to pick up your security upgrades from
 ftp.redhat.com.

chasb

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Charles C. Bennett, Jr. <ccb at acm.org>
UNIX Tools, OO Development, Project Management
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