Re: Ram Not Showing

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Hal Vaughan wrote:
>
> > [root@threshnet:root$ grep HIGHMEM /boot/config-2.6.8-2-386
> > CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
>
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
> > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set'
> >
> > [root@threshnet:thresh]$ uname -a
> > Linux threshnet 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Thu May 19 17:40:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > Hal
>
>
> You can't get more than about 900 MB of accessible RAM with that kernel.
>  I'm sorry for not being clear, but I think that the stock Debian
> kernels were 4 GB enabled starting with 2.6.11.  So, you would need to
> be using a kernel from Etch or Sid.  Alternatively, you can roll your own.
>
> -Roberto

My stock Debian 2.6.7 kernel IS set for HIGHMEM4G:

mns@xander:~/meadery/gallery$ grep HIGHMEM /boot/config-2.6.7-1-k7
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y

So I guess that I am OK if I buy the extra memory that I was thinking 
of.  I find it curious that some are set one way and some the other. 
Could it be because I am using a k7 kernel?

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com