Bug 15743 - Kernel detects only first 64MB
Summary: Kernel detects only first 64MB
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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Reported: 2000-08-08 16:58 UTC by bastiaan
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-08 19:06:24 UTC
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Description bastiaan 2000-08-08 16:58:11 UTC 
The kernel detects only the first 64MB of my computer, instead of the full
128MB. My configuration:
CPU: AMD-K7, stepping 2, 500 MHz
MoBo: Asus K7M
Memory: single 128MB SDRAM DIMM, 100MHz 

Workaround:
Add append="mem=128M" to parameters in /etc/lilo.conf
Comment 1 Brian J. Conway 2000-08-08 19:06:23 UTC 
If you don't want to add an append line to lilo, you can either turn of ACPI in
the BIOS or use a 2.4 kernel, which doesn't have this limitation.
Comment 2 Alan Cox 2000-08-08 22:09:35 UTC 
BIOS issue
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