On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 14:03 -0500, JerryN wrote: > Nobody has said which kernel would work. I am using the 386 kernel. Nobody has said which kernel would work because for a system with that much RAM, the consensus is that you probably need to rebuild your kernel yourself. > As I understand it, the 686 is only for Pentium 4's. I've seen > several emails about that. 686 is for any Pentium-based system and above, not just P4. Unless your system is *very* old, a 686 kernel should be OK. I cannot say whether it will fix the RAM issue or not, because that is a matter unrelated (generally-speaking) to processor type. > So I would love to see something practical and very specific. In as > far as "real world" commands that are needed in order to utilize 3 GB > of Ram using Sarge. Like which kernel and what specific commands that > need to be run in either recommended solution. > > 1) getting a pre-packaged kernel with the appropriate support. Which > kernel, how to apply it. > > 2) build it yourself with one of the high memory options configured. > Exactly how to apply these memory options? Please be specific. > > I have tried both options, all to miserable failure. Please explain how you have tried? It doesn't actually sound like you've tried anything at all: "How to apply [a kernel]"? That's simply a matter of either installing the appropriate kernel package (if one exists) or building your own package to install. See the docs at http://www.debian.org/ or google for "debian kernel build". What have you actually tried? Your point "(2)" suggests that you are unfamiliar with the concept of kernel building. It therefore sounds like you may be out of your depth attempting to admin a Debian box. I'm afraid it takes time and effort, reading documentation etc., to be able to do this kind of thing Jerry. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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