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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: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:34:45 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
>
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:28:56 -0400 (EDT)
> Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Have you tried adding to boot.bat after 'loadlin zimage' mem=256M?
>
> I have now ! And it did the trick. :)
>
> Thank you !
>
> I don't think it has increased performance measurably, but then I
> don't have much to run that would even stress 64 MB RAM.


I just looked this up and mem= was specifically intended for the above use
(DOS recognizes only 64MB, linux uses more). I will check if my linux
computer with 82MB is recognizing it all and add mem=82M if not.

You are now all set for fast compiling on that computer.

> > 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.
>
> It certainly did.
>
> > 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 noticeable difference ?
>
>
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>





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