From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261239AbUCaVWP (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:22:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262536AbUCaVWP (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:22:15 -0500 Received: from [199.72.170.146] ([199.72.170.146]:10187 "HELO thebrittinggroup.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261239AbUCaVWO (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:22:14 -0500 Message-ID: <44574.64.25.5.177.1080768515.squirrel@webmail.thebrittinggroup.com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:28:35 -0500 (EST) Subject: mem=options changed in 2.6.x? From: "Casey Allen Shobe" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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? Thanks in advance, -- Casey Allen Shobe Open Source Software Solutions cshobe@osss.net