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Re: One GB Limit on RAM?



Timothy Legg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I haven't used Debian for several years.  I am glad to be back in the
> game again.
> 
> I decided to install 2GB of RAM on my Compaq Evo (D31vm).  As this is a
> dual boot system, I do know for certain that the memory is accepted by
> the chipset.  Also the datasheets for this machine reflect a
> compatibility with that quantity of memory
> 
> In linux, only 1GB is visible.
> 
> In fact, 'free' told me that my total memort is exactly 906736kb. 
> /proc/meminfo agrees with that too.
> 
> So am I being unusual by possessing such large amounts of memory, or did
> I forget something more fundamental.
> 
> btw, I have a rather current 2.6.8-2-386 #1 (i686) kernel
> 

The -386 kernels do not have HIGHMEM support enabled.  Use a -686, -k7
-k8, or more architecture specific kernel.

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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