Re: [edlug] The Grub ate my Boot

[hancock@xxx.xxx.xxx (Peter G. Hancock)]

    > I do have one problem with it that I havent experianced for a few years
    > now so cant remember how to deal with it. My system has 1024M of memory
    > but only 800 odd is being detected. Im sure with lolo i just had to add
    > mem=XXXX to lilo.conf how do I do this with grub.

mem=1024m is just a kernel option, so the boot line is summat like
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.24-1.ll.rhfc1.ccrma root=/dev/hdc5 ro mem=1024m vga=791 hdd=ide-scsi panicblink=3

I see in the grub docs/changelog that there's something magic about
1GB in grub and that it has something to do with leaving room for an
initrd.  Recommended:

  info grub 
  find /usr/share/doc/grub* -t f | xargs grep -2 -i memory | less

Hank
PS, I like the bootloader lolo.  I presume its short for
"'Ello 'Ello, (wots goin on 'ere)" as said by policemen? 
There should also be a shutdown manager called b'bye.
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