Re: tlug: Lilo Memory

[pal <pal@example.com>]

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tlug note from pal <pal@example.com>
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Hello Stephen 
I need the full 128MB .
Sorry 64MB is not enough .I'm doing my work on
my Linux Machine and BANG out of MEmory  ;-<<
This is the reason for the 128 

I loaded the lilo.conf on my MBR of Hard Disk
Could it be a Kernel Problem !!

leo

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> tlug note from "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>
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> >>>>> "pal" == pal  <pal@example.com> writes:
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>     pal> I've 128 MB but when I check /proc/meminfo
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>     pal>         total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
>     pal> Mem:  65626112 31813632 33812480 23642112  2916352 15716352
>     pal> Swap: 133885952        0 133885952
>                                       A
> So what?  160MB free ain't bad :-) ---+
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> Seriously,
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>     pal> % lilo -v -q
>     pal> gives me
> [snip]
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>     pal> I've tried mem=128M and mem=+128M as well
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> You tried this at the boot prompt ("boot: linux mem=128M") or in
> lilo.conf?  Doing it at the boot prompt should override what's in
> lilo.conf, but I don't know lilo options very well.
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> BTW, I wish I had such problems....
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>                             Stephen J. Turnbull
> Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences                    Yaseppochi-Gumi
> University of Tsukuba                      http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/
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