From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: "Casey Allen Shobe" <cshobe@osss.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mem=options changed in 2.6.x?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:42:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040331134215.21350e55.rddunlap@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44574.64.25.5.177.1080768515.squirrel@webmail.thebrittinggroup.com>
On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:28:35 -0500 (EST) Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
| I have a Compaq Proliant 5000 with 320Mb RAM.
|
| If I boot up either linux 2.4.22 or 2.6.4, it only identifies 12Mb of memory.
|
| With 2.4.22, the kernel parameters "mem=exactmap mem=640k@0M mem=319M@1M"
| worked to make the kernel identify all of the memory.
|
| I have tried the same with linux 2.6.4, but with the above flags the
| kernel will not boot. With "mem=320M", the system boots, but it still
| thinks it has only 12Mb RAM.
|
| Something I'm missing or did this change between releases?
See file: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Basically, you need to change "mem=" to "memmap=" in all 3 places
above.
--
~Randy
"You can't do anything without having to do something else first."
-- Belefant's Law
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-31 21:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-31 21:28 Casey Allen Shobe
2004-03-31 21:42 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-03-31 21:56 ` mem=options changed in 2.6.x? (resolved) Casey Allen Shobe
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