debian boot parameters
 

i want to install debian on a old machine and use it as a firewall. this is my problem.

how do i tell the boot: that i have 141m of memory, instead of the 15m that the bios says that i have?

i've looked over the F keys and don't see a thing for it. am i screwed except when i go to configure my lilo and then put it in then?

thanks.

If your bios says you have 15MB, it won't help when you tell the kernel you have more. You need to fix the hardware problem (make BIOS see more).

that is a problem. it's an old system that only reconizes 40 of that 141. so i'm kind of screwed there.

i did read when configing a kernel resently, that you can have the kernel ignore the bios when it comes to hardware. don't know if this would apply to this or not. i haven't played enough with it to see.

thanks, and keep up the good work as a mod.

take care.

I was trying to install various distributions onto older Compaq ProLiant servers a few months ago and ran into problems with the installers not knowing how much memory was available. I had to use mem=exactmap mem=<blah blah> at the boot prompt to get it to work. Here is a link to a site that is specifically for Compaq servers, but the memory page might be helpful:

http://www.cpqlinux.com/memory.html

Peace,
Phillip