Re: Bogus low-memory mode
Donald Allen, le Tue 28 May 2013 20:54:00 -0400, a écrit :
> > Could you switch to console 2, run vmstat-hurd and tell us the figures?
> > Could you also check at the beginning of /var/log/dmesg the "physical
> > memory from 0x0 to ..." figures?
>
> It also occurred to me to have a look at that upper memory limit that
> went by early as the install kernel was booting. It's 0xf6f0000 =
> 258932736. No wonder the installer is complaining.
Yes.
> No /var/log/dmesg file, by the way. There is a /var/log/syslog and
> that's where I got the upper limit.
Oops, right, that's what I mean.
> (no option to get to a shell on the initial screen?).
You can press alt-f2 to switch to the second VT.
> I booted a Linux Mint Live DVD and verified that the 2 GB I thought
> were there were, indeed, there.
Could you post the Linux dmesg output? In particular the BIOS-e820 table
would be interesting.
> Having said that, I do understand that a small project like this,
> populated by volunteers, doesn't have access to a lot of different
> examples of hardware, and apparently the G41 was among the missing.
Yes, clearly.
> So I apologize a bit -- I realize what you are up against, but please
> understand my frustration.
Sure, no problem.
Samuel
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