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Re: Debian etch with 2.6.16.1 RAM not showing up in 'free'



On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 11:35:21PM -0400, Prepaid wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I have a Debian etch box with a custom complied 2.6.16.1 kernel, running a
> Tyan motherboard and a Xeon processor (started with Tyan GT20 barebone).
> Currently there are 4 gigabytes of ram installed on the motherboard, as
> reported in BIOS, but in Debian the amount of memory shown is the amount for
> 1 gigabyte.
> 
> Ram was originally 1 gigabyte, but then upgraded to 4. but it still shows
> like it is only 1 gigabyte.
> Output of free:
> # free
>             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:        906232     877028      29204          0      25576     749836
> -/+ buffers/cache:     101616     804616
> Swap:      1951800      93724    1858076
> #
> 
Recompile the kernel with HIGHMEM enabled.

-Roberto

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

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