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Re: 4 gigs of ram shows only 3 in meminfo



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On 02/29/08 16:01, Owen Townend wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/1/08, *Ron Johnson* <ron.l.johnson@cox.net
> <mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/29/08 14:24, Ed Curtis wrote:
>> Just installed a new server that has 4 gigs of ram. Running cat
>> /proc/meminfo shows only 3 gigs of memory. I though maybe there was a
>> bad stick. Checking the bios screen at boot does show 4 gigs. Any
> ideas
>> why etch isn't seeing all 4 gigs?
> 
> 
> Sure.  You're not using a "highmem" kernel.

> Hey,
>   Or it could be to do with this:
>   http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm

>   (short version: a 32 bit os maps other memory into its 4gb address space)

For Linux, that's just *wrong*.  For years, 32-bit Linux systems
have been able to access 64GB RAM.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"(Women are) like compilers.  They take simple statements and
make them into big productions."
Pitr Dubovitch
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