Bug#242767: 2 GB RAM not recognised
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 15 March 2004 / Beta 3
uname -a: Linux debian 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 8 April 2004, 17:00
Method: only base-system, no network installation
Machine: noname
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Memory: 2GB
Root Device: SCSI, /dev/sda1
Root Size/partition table:
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller (rev
02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to AGP Controller (rev
02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev
02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY
[Radeon 7000/VE]
02:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec ASC-29320 U320 (rev 03)
02:0a.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec ASC-29320 U320 (rev 03)
02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 (rev 10)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Only 884 MB total RAM shown with "free", although 2 GB are installed.
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 884 52 831 0 4 34
-/+ buffers/cache: 12 871
Swap: 486 0 486
cat /proc/meminfo:
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 927113216 54677504 872435712 0 5206016 36536320
Swap: 509923328 0 509923328
MemTotal: 905384 kB
MemFree: 851988 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 5084 kB
Cached: 35680 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 23060 kB
Inactive: 19656 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 905384 kB
LowFree: 851988 kB
SwapTotal: 497972 kB
SwapFree: 497972 kB
/boot/config-2.4.25...:
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set
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