Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody
--- Alexei Chetroi <debian@lexa.uniflux-line.net>
wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:10:52PM -0800, saravanan
> ganapathy wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:10:52 -0800 (PST)
> > From: saravanan ganapathy <sarav_gsa@yahoo.com>
> > To: Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>,
> debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: 2 GB RAM support in woody
> >
> > My arch is 686 only. 686-smp testing version only
> > supports highmem support. I 've installed
> > kernel-image-2.4.18-smp (stable) which doesn't
> support
> > highmem support
> >
> 1st of all, pls don't top post.
>
> 2nd, if you want to use kernel that comes with
> stable, install package
> kernel-source-2.4.18 and recompile it with highmem
> enabled. I wouln't
> recommend package from kernel.org as Debian kernel
> include some patches
> and security back-ports. Otherwise you have to stay
> on latest kernel (if
> you don't want local kernel exploits) and recompile
> everytime new kernel
> gets out.
The latest kernel version in kernel.org for 2.4.x
series is 2.4.28. But the debian stable kernel version
is 2.4.18.
Is there any lack in this?
Sarav
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