Re: LInux and Ram limit on IBM 760EL Laptop

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:49:34 -0700
Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:

> I am looking to upgrade the hard drive and RAM on my wife's IBM 760EL
> Laptop.
>
> With the Windows OS, the thing has a limit of 80 megs RAM and a 6.2 Gig
> hard drive. The only info that I have been able to unearth on this
> through Google is that Linux will ignore the hard drive limitation, and
> that the RAM limit "depends on OS."
>
> Does anyone know if Linux will ignore the RAM limit on this laptop?
>
> --
>
>
> Lee Einer
> Dos Manos Jewelry
> http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
>

Lee,

I think RAM is limited by the number of slots (2 slots for EDO RAM in this case) you have and the largest RAM stick available for that type RAM.

I did find this warning on one site selling parts for the 760EL. THIS MODEL DOES NOT SUPPORT HIGHER THAN 6.0GB HD. DUE TO HW RESTRICTIONS. Not sure what that means, maybe they consider the BIOS a hardware limitation. Try a bigger drive if you have one available and see.

Six gigs is not a bad number however and you can do useful work with a box like this, if you are careful to not install everything and use a lite-weight GUI or stick to the commandline. KDE, OO.org and Mozilla would not be fun to use on a machine of that age no matter how big the hard drive.

Dennisk
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