I have AMI on several MB's and some report all of the ram and some
don't. I think that have to edit the (lilo.conf) file should not be your
first criteria when chosing a MB. You may find editing files a common
task with Linux.

Just a suggestion...

Kevin O

Kansir wrote:
> 
> Ok so it looks like I have a crappy bios (AMI) in my motherboard and even
> after an update it still only shows 64 megabytes in linux and it posts all
> 256M in startup. I may soon get a better board but first things first. What
> type of board is there out there. That right out of the box Linux should see
> all the memory? Preferably one that is a Slot-A board? I mean I if I cram 768M
> load debian and see 768M(without editing a thing?)
> 
> Icegryphon
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