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Re: added RAM, RAM not recognized by debian



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On 09/28/06 09:39, fraz wrote:
> Just switched a processor on a system, went fine, but added an
> additional gig of ram and debian doesn't seem to see it.
> 
> It shows up in the BIOS. Googled a bit and added "mem=2048M" to the
> kernal
> line in /boot/grub/grub.conf. Didn't work. Still just shows a gig (the
> original memory). cat /proc/meminfo doesn't show it, nor does top,
> vmstat, etc.
> 
> Don't wanna get flamed, but am running unstable 2.4.27 woody right now
> and don't want to reinstall if I don't need to. Just want to get this
> memory recognized.

Your kernel probably is not configured to recognize more than 1GB.

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For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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