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Re: 2.6.11 kernel can't see 4GB?



Am Dienstag, 17. Mai 2005 14:35 schrieb Koen Tavernier:
> Hi,
>
> I've been running a dual opteron box with 2GB for a few days. Today I
> added 2GB to the box, all recognised by the motherboard, but after
> booting into linux (with the stock 2.6.11 debian kernel) free only
> reports 3344996 Kb. I thought the 64 bit kernel avoided all problems
> with having lots of memory? Or should I pass the kernel a parameter?
>
> I had a quick search through the list but couldn't see anything relevant.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Koen.

Have you compiled your kernel with the high memory option?

Alex



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