On Sunday 24 July 2005 22:21, Mark Shields wrote:
> No I do not, as I was under the impression it's not required unless
> you have at least 4gb (sorry for the poor formatting, copying from
> putty/terminal to a text box doesn't format very well):
well the -mm kernel does not have this option anymore, but IIRC you need to
select 4G support to enable the rest of your memory.
> Linux Kernel v2.6.11-gentoo-r6 Configuration
> ┌───────────────────────
> High Memory Support
> ────────────────────────┐
> │ Use the arrow keys to navigate this window or press the hotkey of │
> │ the item you wish to select followed by the <SPACE BAR>. Press │
> │ <?> for additional information about this option. │
> │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
> │ │ (X) off │ │
> │ │ ( ) 4GB │ │
> │ │ ( ) 64GB │ │
> │ │ │ │
> │ │ │ │
> │ │ │ │
> │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
> ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
> │ <Select> < Help > │
> └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
did you read the help asociated with each item?
> All 3 memory sticks appear fine. The motherboard is an A7N8X Deluxe,
> my main PC has an A7N8X-E Deluxe; both of them are capable of using
> 3gb of memory, 1gb per stick (3 slots for memory). The 2 x 256 mb
> sticks came from my main PC which I upgraded with 2 x 512mb sticks.
> The 512mb stick has been in use by the server for 4 months. I could
> understand if it was possible that they're incompatible, but then it
> wouldn't show a gig of RAM when the PC shows the bios screen.
> Regardless, I'll run memtest86 overnight to be sure. I'll also see
> what an ubuntu or knoppix livecd shows.
I'm sure you will not see any hardware failures, it has something todo with
the split user/kernel that you only see ~800MB of ram.
enable highmem support for 4G and you will be able to use all of your memory.
Rudmer
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