Linux not reporting 1gb of ram

[Dave Andruczyk]

What kind of computer?  Dell's have an option in the BIOS called "OS install
mode" that limits the max amount of ram seen by the OS as 256 megs.  If that's
the case disable it. the other option is to add the "mem=1024M" to your
bootloader. (if using lilo put it on the "append" line) if using grub put it on
the line for your kernel definition.

remember if you use LILO as your loader you have to rerun lilo if you modify
the conf file, it's NOT required if you use GRUB...



--- Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have 1gb of ram on my machine and when I cat /proc/meminfo I recieve
> this information
> 
> total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  262115328 254373888  7741440        0 38125568 158715904
> Swap: 534634496 107360256 427274240
> MemTotal:       255972 kB
> MemFree:          7560 kB
> MemShared:           0 kB
> Buffers:         37232 kB
> Cached:         119208 kB
> SwapCached:      35788 kB
> Active:         122148 kB
> Inactive:       111824 kB
> HighTotal:           0 kB
> HighFree:            0 kB
> LowTotal:       255972 kB
> LowFree:          7560 kB
> SwapTotal:      522104 kB
> SwapFree:       417260 kB
> 
> 
> Shouldnt MemTotal be around  1033936 kB? Do I need to use some kind of
> High Memory support in the kernel? FYI windoze does see 1gb of ram and
> memtest86+ doesnt report any errors with the ram and sees 1gb. Its
> been a rough day with linux and I :(
> 
> -- 
> Frank
> Shenanigans!!
> 


=====
Dave J. Andruczyk


		
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