[ale] Adding RAM -- Linux not happy

[Christopher Bechberger]

try using mem=127M sometimes this works but I don't
know why.

--- Michael B Golden <naugrim at juno.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>         I just received my shipment of a 64MB RAM
> chip to add to my
> system to take me up to 128MB. Now, Linux is not
> happy at all about it.If
> I try to let it auto-detect, the kernel will hang.
> If I specify mem=128M,
> it will get further, but reboot before it gets to
> init. If I specify
> mem=64M, it will boot as normal. I've tried to use
> the rescue image on
> the Mandrake 8.0 CD, but then I get a kernel panic.
> I can't find anything
> wrong in the logs (but perhaps I don't know what to
> look for) and the
> BIOS finds it fine. Any ideas?
> 
> Michael Golden
>
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