On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 02:05:19PM -0000, Glen Tyler wrote:
I have a i486 machine running Slackware 8.1. As a christmas present I bought it a 32MB Simm, it currently has 16MB installed (one module). When I replaced the 16MB with the 32MB the bios still only detects 16MB on boot and everything runs as before. No matter I thought - I have read somewhere that Linux will override such settings, but I have been unable to get the kernel (2.4.18) to do so.
Is there not a bios option to redetect memory? and are you sure the Simm is really a 32MB simm? also does the motherboard of your machine recognise more than 16MB simms etc? how many simm sockets does your machine have? must you install large simms in pairs? is the memory speed, parity etc. etc. correct for this motherboard?
They are all the things that first come to mind with this, you could also perhaps try booting from alternative boot media with the memory options to see what happens to rule out it being something to do with the kernel on the machine.
Adam PS you havn't got the 2 modules mixed up have you and inadvertantly put the 16MB simm back in instead of the new one? ;)