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Re: Additional RAM brings Lenny to a slow-down



andy:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>   
>>> My question is: are there any known limits on the amount of RAM Lenny 
>>>  can operate with?
>> 
>> No, but I think you have hit a problem Linux has with certain mainboards
>> that I have read about a few times already. I don't know the exact
>> solution anymore but it involves telling the kernel how much memory you
>> have. It's something like a 'mem=XXXXM' boot parameter.
>>   
> Thanks for that clue Jochen. I am running the 2.6.22-3-686 kernel. Can  
> anyone verify this and what the parameters are that need to be passed to  
> the kernel? Is this likely to require my recompiling the kernel?

I did the googling for you (linux slow boot ram upgrade kernel
parameter):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/129172

:)

J.
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