Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Amazing how many incorrect assumptions have been made here. And of what cynicism without any concept of assistance or acceptance. The proof of faux nihilism exists here. O.W. used to say, give a man a podium and what you have left is wood and nails. Au revoir! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
configured. Exactly how to apply these memory options? Please be specific. I have tried both options, all to miserable failure. Thats all I request. On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 18:44 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 12:33 -0500, JerryN wrote: > > > > > >>

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
; > Dave. > > > > I am rebuilding my kernel with this option. > > > > We will see, > > Jerome > > > There are three memory zones on x86 for linux > ZONE_DMA < 16 MB > ZONE_NORMAL 16-896 MB > ZONE_HIGHMEM > 896 MB > > related to various hardware limitations. There's some interesting > discussions of this in 'Linux Kernel Development' by R. Love. > -peter > > > -- JerryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
ted up by the kernel) > > My kernel has > # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y > > and it IS a stock debian kernel > I would suggest you to check wich kernl is running in that 1GB > non-ECC-RAM machine... I (am not sure but) believe the 686 or 686-smp > kernels have high-mem enabled. > > Good luck > Joao Clemente > > -- JerryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Which kernels for a 386 would be 4GB enabled? On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:11 +0100, Laurent CARON wrote: > JerryN wrote: > > >How exactly do you do that? > > > >CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G > >CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G > >CONFIG_HIGHMEM > > > >Jerr > > > >

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
C-RAM shows the full 1GB in /proc/meminfo > > > >Has this to do with ECC-RAM ? Has someone had a similar experience ? Is > >there a way the get the access to the full 2GB ? > > > >Greetings > > > >Bjoern Abt > > > > > > > > > > > Hello > > You should use a 4GB or 64GB kernel > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G > CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G > CONFIG_HIGHMEM > > Laurent > > -- JerryN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>