Additional RAM brings Lenny to a slow-down
Hi all
My question is: are there any known limits on the amount of RAM Lenny
can operate with?
I have a Lenny machine with an FSB800 board using an Intel P4 chip and
has 2 x DDR2-533 RAM slots. I know that the board is supported in Linux
http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.php?story=03/08/19/1521256 and I
have run Lenny on this machine previously with no worries.
I installed two identical 1Gb RAM chips and while the machine runs just
fine with 1Gb it grinds to a halt with 2Gb, taking up to a full 10
minutes from loading GRUB to logging onto to GDM.
I have ensured that the BIOS can handle hi-mem, and as it boots fine,
there is no reason to believe that the problem is there. That leaves the
software. Is there a switch or some adjustment to tweak to make Lenny
utilise the additional RAM properly?
TIA
Andy
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