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Title: New boot template - append memory
Post by: DavidG on September 22, 2001, 08:38:38 AM

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?

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: Jeff on September 23, 2001, 09:58:25 AM

are both of your processors working with e-smith ?

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: DavidG on September 23, 2001, 03:28:03 PM

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

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: Jeff on September 24, 2001, 12:59:14 AM

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

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: DavidG on September 24, 2001, 05:46:08 PM

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.

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: Joshua on January 19, 2003, 04:38:38 AM

Any new info on this thread?

Title: Re: New boot template - append memory
Post by: Chaloner Hale on May 01, 2003, 07:03:32 PM

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