Topic: New boot template - append memory

[DavidG]

I'm running SME on a Compaq Proliant SMP and all the memory doesn't get detected by default.
SME uses a template for "lilo.conf".
I need to include: append="Mem=512M" in lilo.conf.

What is the correct custom-template fragment and the format to to use in order to include the above append statement?

[Jeff]

are both of your processors working with e-smith ?

[DavidG]

Yes, according to "cat /proc/cpuinfo". It shows cpu0 and cpu1.

[Jeff]

Which model do you have, my smp isnt working, no kernel for smp either

[DavidG]

The model is "Proliant 2500 - E24" (dual PPro). I use the latest "Compaq SmartStart" to configure the HW. Currently, I'm using release 5.10.
The E-Smith/SME installs have always correctly found and utilized both CPU's automatically, and defaulting to boot the SMP kernel. The only issue has been the memory detection, which is due to the Compaq BIOS.

[Joshua]

Any new info on this thread?

[Chaloner Hale]

This;

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8smp
        label=esmith
        read-only
        root=/dev/ida/c0d0p6


        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-7.0.8smp.img


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8
        label=esmith-up
        read-only
        root=/dev/ida/c0d0p6


        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-7.0.8.img

Should look like;

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8smp
        label=esmith
        append="mem=512M"
        read-only
        root=/dev/ida/c0d0p6


        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-7.0.8smp.img


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8
        label=esmith-up
        append="mem=512M"
        read-only
        root=/dev/ida/c0d0p6


        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-7.0.8.img

Chaloner Hale