Ram visible in Red Hat

[Mickv]

I am running a PII-300 with 256Mb. The board is a BXPRO mainboard (with built in video and audio).

My problem is that when I install Red Hat (whichever version) it only shows 64Mb Ram. I've checked the bios, it reports the total ram fine. I've changed ram dimms, swapped them around, still no difference.

I have 1x128Mb and 2x64Mb dimms in this machine. I've tried different ram combinations to no avail. If anyone has any idea, I would be very grateful for any assistance with this.

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[MrPiolo]

As root:
edit in /etc lilo.conf
Put in the first line:
append="mem=xM" (where x is your total ram, remember to substract what is used for your integrated video)
save changes.
run
/sbin/lilo -v
if ok, reboot.
That should take care of the problem.

[Mickv]

Fantastic !!

Thanks for you help, I did as you instructed and Red Hat is now showing the correct memory.

I have set the video chipset to 8mb in the bios, and set the mem command to 248Mb, and all seems fine.