open your lilo.conf file (/etc/lilo.conf under slackware) in a text editor.
add [append="mem=80M"] to the top of the file. save. type "lilo" at the
prompt. reboot

: How do you do that (I'm new to linux)?
:
: Thanks,
: Bruce
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Callum Lerwick [mailto:lerwick at tcfreenet.org]
: Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:02 PM
: To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
: Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21037] recognizing memory
:
:
: The Ixian wrote:
: >
: > I believe that you just need to add this to your lilo.conf file:
: > "append=80M"
: >
: > there is a problem with older BIOS's reporting memory above 64MB.
:
: I don't get why Linux has a problem and windows doesn't. Can't you at
: least brute force probe it...
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