Have you tried typing this at the LILO prompt:

linux mem=128M

If that works, you need to to put an append statement in /etc/lilo.conf and
re-run /sbin/lilo

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Erickson [mailto:jon.erickson at neicoltech.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 7:21 PM
> To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com
> Subject: [TCLUG] linux beta kernels
> 
> 
> After many hours of scouring the internet trying to figure out why my
> linux box only recognizes only 64Mb of my 128Mb RAM, I found 
> an article
> with the solution.  It seems to be an issue with my mainboard 
> (Gigabyte
> GA-71XE).  In a post on linuxhardware.com, someone upgraded to a
> 2.3.99pre6 kernel and it solved the memory issue.  I know enough about
> linux to know that 2.3.x is a beta kernel and I am willing to 
> upgrade in
> order to utilize an extra 64Mb of RAM.  I haven't found any good
> documentation on using a beta kernel.  Any suggestions\cautions? 
> 
> btw, I've built kernels before, just not a beta one yet.  I have tried
> many things to solve this problem: appending lines to the lilo.conf
> file, passing parameters to the kernel on install, and switching the
> DIMM chip into different slots to name a few.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jon
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