Re: RAM puzzle

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Manon Metten wrote:
> Hi Evgeni,
>
> On 7/16/07, *Evgeni Golov* < sargentd@die-welt.net 
> <mailto:sargentd@die-welt.net>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote:
>
>     >  Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686
>     kernel:
>     >  Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686
>     GNU/Linux
>                             ^^^
>
>     You're not, your using the 486 variant ;)
>     Check /boot/config-<kernelversion> for HIGHMEM, yours should have
>     CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G
>
>     >  So could anybody tell me what's wrong?
>
>     Use the correct kernel ;)
>
>
>
> Thanks for explaining.
>
> I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486
>
>  CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set
>
> Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled?
>
> And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian 
> Installer CD.
>
> Manon.

I guess boot 'expert' and select a 686 kernel from the list.

Hugo