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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL2 sees same RAM as DOS
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:28:56 -0400 (EDT)


Have you tried adding to boot.bat after 'loadlin zimage' mem=256M?

We have a laptop Compaq with 24MB that was recognized in DOS, but BL1
could recognize only 16MB of that until we added mem=24M. I know this is
not the same exact problem but it might help anyway.

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> A silly question, perhaps. :)
>
> On my main machine, I now have 256 MB RAM.
>
> DOS, of course, sees only 64 MB RAM, but so does BL2 when I boot it
> from DOS.
>
> Would Linux (BasicLinux) see all of it if I booted directly to it
> instead of going through DOS first ?
>
> And would it make any noticable difference ?
>
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>





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