From: Kautzmann Gerd (gkautzmann@baumerident.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 17:33:21 CEST
with kind regards / mit freundlichen Grüssen
Gerd Kautzmann
-- /**************************\ * Gerd Kautzmann * Software Entwicklung * Baumer Ident GmbH * Hertzstr. 10 * D-69469 Weinheim * +49 (0) 6201 / 9957 15 \**************************/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Isard [mailto:S.IsardDeleteThis@ed.ac.uk] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:17 PM > To: mulinux@sunsite.dk > Subject: missing memory > > > I have put mulinux on a Twinhead Slimnote DX2 notebook computer for a > colleague, but had to use the "low memory" installation method. The > machine's bios claims that it has 7808kB of memory. I think that > usually counts as 8MB, since the "kB" are 1024 bytes and > 7808*1024=7995392, which is very close to 8000000 bytes. What happened to the original 640 RAM Memory and the other memory space under 1MB that was used for ISA I/O ? At the other side there are some chipset saround that have UMA memory they uses some memory space for graphic ( framebuffers ) . > However, when > I run the "free" command or look at /proc/meminfo in linux, > they report > a total of only 6716kB (6877184 bytes). So I seem to be missing more > than a megabyte under linux, which is probably why I needed the "low > memory" tactics to load mu. (I can't boot tomsrtbt at all.) Can anyone > suggest why this might be happening, and whether there is > anything I can > do to reclaim the missing memory? > > Thanks, > > Stephen Isard > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: mulinux-unsubscribe@sunsite.dk > For additional commands, e-mail: mulinux-help@sunsite.dk > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mulinux-unsubscribe@sunsite.dk For additional commands, e-mail: mulinux-help@sunsite.dk
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