> From: Stackpole, Chris [mailto:cstackp...@barbnet.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:30 PM > Subject: RE: Debian RAM supporting. > > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:11 PM > > Subject: Re: Debian RAM supporting. > > > > On 2009-04-03 07:14, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > >> From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > > [snip] > > > > > > I could be wrong, but I am pretty certain that the netinstall does > this. > > > At least on the 32bit systems with more then 4GB that I have access > to, > > > I don't remember having to do anything extra special for it to > install > > > bigmem. > > > > Shame on me for assuming that GP had tried to install and only been > > able to see 4/3.6GB. > > Whoops, my bad. That is my fault for breezing through the thread. I > somehow didn't connect that the OP mentioned the netinstall. Although I > really don't remember having to do anything different with the HP DL30's > when they came with 8GB (the only experience I have with >4GB & 32bit). > In fact I remember being really surprised that /proc/mem recorded all > 8GB...wish I had a box to test that on... :-)
The short, I was completely wrong. Sorry. The long... So I mentioned this to my coworker. He too thought the net-install picked up the bigmem kernel. We have a dev box (Pentium D, 8GB memory, 64bit install) that isn't being used at the moment so we yanked the harddrive and dropped in a 10GB drive we have laying around. A quick* 32bit Lenny netinstall later and it only saw 3GB. No bigmem kernel. Apt-get the bigmem, reboot, and all 8GB are there. Guess that solves that. ;-D Thanks for the correction. ~Stack~ *Love having an apt-cache repository. Makes net installs /SO/ fast :-p -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
