Re: Managing to get the 4 RAM GiB recognized easily
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Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com> writes:
> On 15/08/12 04:08 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> As stated in the title, I've got 4 GiB of RAM on this computer. The
>> problem is that I'm using kernel 2.6.32-5-686 which does not support 4
>> GiB of RAM. Precedently, I had used a bigmem kernel.
>>
>> Here, I simply want to get my 4 GiB of RAM fully recognized in an easy
>> fashion. Is it possible?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> I'd guess you are running Debian/Stable (Squeeze). Simply install the
> bigmem kernel image (linux-image-686-bigmem).
>
> Alternatively, you could upgrade to Wheezy which has the PAE already
> built in. It looks like Wheezy is getting ready for release and it is
> quite stable.
>
> If your computer has a 64bit CPU, you could also install the 64bit
> version of Debian over the existing. Just don't format your /home.
Well, it's 32bit stuff here. However, assuming I install the bigmem
kernel image, as I did precedently, do I risk anything, that is, is it
as simple as an apt-get install, then choosing this new kernel in the
GRUB? Thanks.
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Merciadri Luca
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