On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:07:33AM -0600, ming wrote: > Just have a interesting little problem that I can't seem to find an answer for. > The machine has 256MB of RAM. To get RH to install I had to use the mem=256m > option. I then also have to add append="mem=256m" in lilo.conf but when ever i > try to get an updated kernel via redhat updates it never recognizes all the mem > even though the append bit is still in lilo.conf. I guess I have to do manual > kernel updates? Or are there other options. Kernel version 2.4 uses a different notation for specifying the machine's memory configuration. Richard Black's extensive Compaq/Linux site has a writeup on this topic: http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/memory.html Joel PS. If you were installing Debian (on ProLiant 1500), I would tell you to check out my installation notes: http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/memory.html