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Re: ghost MB of memory



Am 2006-02-15 01:06:26, schrieb roberto:
> Hello
> actually i use a desktop with 1GB of memory installed but my kernel
> installed from debian sarge repositories takes into account 885MB
> only. How can i rescue the remaining size of memory??

By serarching Goolge.

Debian kernels are compiled to support only 1 GByte but it is
effectivly 885 MByte. You need:

        CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y

in your Linux config

> I really hope i 'd not have to re-compile the whole kernel again...
> ~:$ uname -a
> Linux my_name 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Thu May 19 17:40:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

You have to recompile

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    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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