Re: ghost MB of memory
On Thursday 16 February 2006 14:55, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
>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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>> >
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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.
Be aware that later kernels, post 2.6.15, have readjusted the way memory
is accessed, and that the full 1gb of memory will be seen without extra
calesthentics.
>Regards
>
>Marcelo
>
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