Re: Thinkpad 770E and > 64M w/ Linux

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From: Ben Rogers (ben_at_ascend.com)
Date: Mon Sep 14 1998 - 11:25:48 EDT


Lee Hetherington <ilh_at_sls.lcs.mit.edu> writes:

> Use mem=95M instead of 96M and all will be well. Linux cannot use all
> of the 96MB because 640kB is reserved for system use. You could also
> specify (96*1024 - 640)k, but that only gives you 384kB more, and I
> cannot remember the value offhand.
>
> (Didn't I just answer this very question to the list within the last
> week?)

Actually, if you use the value shown by the BIOS at boot time, you
should be fine. (Lets hear it for dumb luck and experimentation...)

ben


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