[plug]RAM

[Beau Kuiper]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Oliver White wrote:
> Beau Kuiper wrote:
> 
> > > The BIOS detects the 128 meg but when linux come to the login prompt it
> > > says it only has 64.
> >
> > try the boot option ram=128M
> 
> funny... I don't have that option set, and my system detects all 128MB.

It really has a lot to do with the BIOS more than anything else. Boards with
buggy BIOS'es may not report the correct amount of memory for linux. I also
think older BIOS'es are not able to report > 64meg ram. There also may be
other issues at work here too. 

This happens mostly on older computers (pentiums and older) although I wouldn't
be suprised if even a few newer computers screw it up.

I have 96 meg ram, and it is dectected fine on my computer too :-)

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au