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From: Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo not detecting full amount of memory
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:27:48
Message-Id: 642958cc0507241417423990eb@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo not detecting full amount of memory by Colin
1 I'm fairly sure those options are disabled by default (I think). No
2 way to check from my work though (ssh-enabled BIOS, or BIOS
3 configurable from linux, would be nice).
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5 On 7/24/05, Colin <signofzeta@×××××.com> wrote:
6 <snip>
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8 > Modern operating system like Linux 2.6 and WinXP bypass the BIOS
9 > after the initial bootup, so caching the system/video BIOSes is just
10 > a waste of memory if you're using Gentoo. Caching video RAM was nice
11 > back in the days of ISA video cards, but with PCI/AGP/PCI-X video
12 > cards, shut off that option.
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14 > Colin
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