Subject: Re: >64megs
From: Arthur Corliss (corliss@odinicfoundation.org)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 12:59:24 AKDT
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 bryan@ak.net wrote:
>
> Does the kernel (2.2.19 specifically) really require an
> append="mem=..." line with more than 64 megs of ram? And if
> so, on which architectures?
>
> My alpha has been running with 128 megs, and no append= line
> ever since I got it. I just bumped my PC from 64 to 160, and
> tried it out with no append= line, and it works fine.
>
> The line doesn't seem to be neccessary. Is it more a matter
> of avoiding small problems? Or is it obsolete?
I believe that was just a problem with certain mainboard/bios combinations.
If you're not on an affected board, feel free to ignore it.
--Arthur Corliss
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