Re: ghost MB of memory

[roberto <roberto03@gmail.com>]

On 2/17/06, Luis Finotti <finotti@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> roberto wrote:
> > On 2/15/06, Marcelo Chiapparini <chiappa@oi.com.br> wrote:
> >
> > i cheked the BIOS setup: the video shared memory is not set; hence the
> > problem is only about this module 'highmem' in the kernel;
> > hence i realized the only one solution is to recompile...
> >
> > if any other way,
> >         please tell me
> > else ok, i'll start recompile :)
> >
> > bye
>
> You can use the 686 (or k7, depending on your processor) kernel.  They
> have highmem enabled.  And it is pretty painless to do that and at least
> give it a try.

yes thank you, it works correctly with '686'; i installed it and
highmem is activated now

bye

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roberto
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