[NBLUG/talk] Memory

[Micxz]

Mansur, Warren wrote:
>>If free says you have 128MB, then that's all the OS can see.  You can
>>cat /proc/meminfo for a little more info, but it will tell 
>>you the same
>>thing since that what the free command does internally anyhow.
>>
>>Try passing the amount of memory to the kernel at boot.
>>In lilo you'd add an append line:
>>append = "mem=480M"
> 
> 
> I used to have to do this several years ago when I was using an old version of Debian, because it didn't detect all of the RAM. But recently I've found the distributions seem to detect the memory size automatically.
> 
> Just an FYI, there is an emergency boot CD available that will give a report on your hardware, including your memory size. Just pop it in the CD drive (assuming it's bootable), and then choose the 'hardware information/test' option after boot. This is useful in case of some hardware problems or to find the real size of your memory. You can get it here at http://ebcd.pcministry.com/.
> 
> It also has some other options such as rescuing linux, or changing a user's password on a windows NT/2000/XP installation.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Warren


Thanks. But I was unable to download. The mirrors are working but the 
downloads are not. I will try this again later'

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Micxz