It doesn't specify if things get twitchy after this, but I'll have to assume
not until I am proven wrong.
I couldn't find one of the files specified under the 2.0.36 source, so I am
trying it out with 2.2.5
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Cox [mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 1:31 PM
> To: Timm Gleason
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Problems with using more than 960MB RAM (2.0.36-2.2.3)
>
>
> > would detect all of the memory, but only use 960MB of it. It
> then proceeded
> > boot, only to panic just after the disk detection routines. So, I make a
> > boot disk using 2.2.3-ac4 and I get just about the same
> results. Is this a
> > problem and is there a solution already?
>
> If you have stuff that uses a lot of virtually memory maps - eg
> frame buffer
> consoles you may need to boot with mem=900M. Alternatively 2.0.37pre9
> has a nice 2Gig ram support option
>
>
>
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