Re: ghost MB of memory
On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 09:05 +0800, Richard wrote:
> 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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> > Marcelo Chiapparini
> > chiappa@oi.com.br
> >
> >
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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.
>
Thank you. I will recompile the kernel anyway, in order to optimize it.
Regards
Marcelo
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Marcelo Chiapparini
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