Re: ghost MB of memory
On 16/02/06, Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@oi.com.br> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:38 +0000, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In article <[🔎] 4bcde3e10602150006l5d11c9b8t6299376f672ad0e2@mail.gmail.com>,
> > roberto<roberto03@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > actually i use a desktop with 1GB of memory installed but my kernel
> > > installed from debian sarge repositories takes into account 885MB
> > > only. How can i rescue the remaining size of memory??
> >
> > Could it be something as simple as a video card using shared memory?
> >
> > Andy
>
> I have exactly the same problem. Durin boot, the BIOS sees all the
> physically installed 1Gb of memory. But the sarge's kernel only sees
> 885Mb...
>
> The video shared memory is set in the BIOS setup?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marcelo
>
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After i had installed another 512 MB RAM to my box i had the same:
only 885 MB was detected. It seems i had to use "High Memory Support
(4GB)" in the kernel. Seems the official kernel from debian does not
have this feature. Maybe you need to compile your own kernel.
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