Re: Which kernel for highmem support?
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:53:33 +0000
Andy <andy@besy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> Today I have built a new box running Debian testing with 2GB of RAM.
> I used Debian testing because the Sarge installer didn't support my
> hardware.
>
> The problem is that while my BIOS reports the full 2GB of RAM, top
> only reports 960MB.
>
> I have learnt from Google that some kernels lack "highmem" support,
> and suspect this is the cause of my problem. I guess I need to
> install a new kernel? uname -a reports the following:
>
> Linux artoo 2.6.15-1-486 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:19:16 UTC 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> I have been searching packages.debian.org, but am not sure which
> kernel would be the most suitable. I have an AMD64 processor, but I
> chose to use the regular i386 port because the amd64 port is
> unofficial.
>
> Could anyone suggest which would be the most suitable kernel for me?
Since you have an AMD processor, I would go for
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7. I am currently running linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7
on an AMD Athlon XP and it recognizes all 2.5GB of ram in this machine.
HTH,
Jacob
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