[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/meminfo | grep Mem MemTotal: 1034284 kB MemFree: 953172 kB
Thanks for the tip. But strangely, 12mb is still missing. On 7/24/05, Rudmer van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
