linux is not using all the ram

[hictio]

the system is not using all the ram that i have available. i would like to know how can i `tell` him to use that.
i know that there is a tweak to do that if you use `lilo` to boot linux, but on that particular machine i`m using `loadlin`, and i don`t know how to do that with that program.
thanks in advance.

[danns]

Try

mem= ###

at the lilo prompt as per the bootpromt how-to: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html

[hictio]

thank you very much danns. i`ve read the how to that you provided, but i have a question. where do i have to write the `mem=XXX`; i mena, with lilo, you have the `lilo.conf` file; but i`m using loadlin, where should i write that inof?
thanks.

[danns]

From what I understand, you would append it after the kernel name in your loadlin line.

For instance if your kernel was vmlinuz stored on C: then

loadlin c:\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro mem=###

The syntax for loadlin is

loadlin [kernelimage] [options] [parameters]

See: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Config-HOWTO.html

[hictio]

men, thanks a lot, i`ll try that tonight, let you know how that turns out... and also, thanks for the link to the config how to, really useful... haven`t seeing it before, thank you.

[johngeeaswell]

I also explain it on my website if you need it.

[hictio]

you do? sorry, i remember reading in your site the instructions to do so, -*but*- with lilo; not if you`re using loadlin, i`ll pay a visit again,i guess it must be the age ;->. anyways, thanks a lot, johngeeaswell -btw, your site is truly good, i`ve used your instructions to mount a windows partition *and* to load linux via loadlin-, thanks a lot...

[mikek147]

If your using loadlin, an entry in your autoexec.bat would look like this:

loadlin bzImage root=/dev/hdc3 mem=128M

for declaring 128mbyte. -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

i did that last night, is all working perfectly... i wonder if the problem with gnome:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/For...ML/002397.html

was because of that lack of ram... what do you think? unfortunately, didn`t had time to start trying x windows, i`ll do that tonight.