I ran lilo and all is well. It now sees all 80MB (boy does that cut down on the disk thrashing!). Thanks to all who contributed to the solution. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Sielaff, Bruce [mailto:Bruce.Sielaff at imckesson.com] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:22 AM To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' Subject: RE: [TCLUG:21037] recognizing memory Red face! I forgot to run lilo after making the change. I will try that tonight when I get home. I did mention that I am a newbie. Bruce -----Original Message----- From: John J. Trammell [mailto:trammell at nitz.hep.umn.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 2:22 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21037] recognizing memory "Sielaff, Bruce" wrote: > > I just installed linux (redhat 6.2 - kernel 2.2.14-6.1.1) on an old Gateway > (P5-90) which has 80 MB of RAM (2-8MB and 2-32MB SIMs), but linux apparently > only sees a portion of it: > > from /var/logs/dmesg: > Memory: 13336K/15360K available (1080K kernel code, 412K reserved, 468K > data, 64K init, 0K bigmem) Sorry, I have to ask: you're running /sbin/lilo after changing the "append" line, right? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org