[plug] RAM > 64Meg??

John Summerfield summer at os2.ami.com.au
Sat Apr 24 08:33:34 WST 1999


> Is it PC100 Ram becouse if this is the case it may do this in a Main
> Board that cant suport pc100

I reported the problem on another list wheree the same uestion arose. The 
rest of this is clipped from a response.

> > There's no need for the `mem=' parameter any more for any kernel more
> > recent than 2.0.35 (I think), and certainly not for the 2.2.x kernels.
> 
> I've just seen a report on another list that it's not working with 2.2.4
> and 2.2.5. Happens they systems are debian, and I've no idea of the source
> of the kernels (eg i get my kernels on arrival at ftpp.au.kernel.org for
> my RH system).
> 

Odds are that those BIOSes don't support either INT 15:E801 or INT
15:E820; Linux needs one or both of these; I don't even know if Linux
supports E820 at all.

	-hpa


  

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