Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-30 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 11:40, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:59:06 -0430 > Marcos Luis Ortiz Valmaseda wrote: > >> I recommend to you that you install the 64 bits version to can able to use >> all available RAM memory in your system. > A Dell DM 4700 isn't going to have a 64bit capable CPU in most

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 12:53, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 07/29/2011 05:51 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> On 29/07/11 12:46, Alan Cox wrote: nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx That appears to be there ... >>> Thats a 64bit capable processor yes, so you'll be able t

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 12:49, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:36:42 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > >>> What does the "dmidecode" (from the package with the same name) say about >>> the memory controller capabilities and the used banks? >> That produces a huge amount of information but part is:

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Andrew Haley
On 07/29/2011 05:51 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 29/07/11 12:46, Alan Cox wrote: >>> nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx >>> >>> That appears to be there ... >> Thats a 64bit capable processor yes, so you'll be able to run a 64bit >> kernel on it. >> >> Alan >> >

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 12:46, Alan Cox wrote: >> nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx >> >> That appears to be there ... > Thats a 64bit capable processor yes, so you'll be able to run a 64bit > kernel on it. > > Alan > Ok, I will stop wasting everyone's time, bite the b

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:36:42 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > > What does the "dmidecode" (from the package with the same name) say about > > the memory controller capabilities and the used banks? > > That produces a huge amount of information but part is: > > Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
> nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid cx > > That appears to be there ... Thats a 64bit capable processor yes, so you'll be able to run a 64bit kernel on it. Alan -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: htt

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 12:33, Alan Cox wrote: >> The other computer now F-14 32 bit, shows cp0/cp1 as 64 bit >> under lshw >> but the basic computer as 32 bit. Is that because it's running >> 32 or is that a limitation? > I've no idea what lshw does or where it gets it info

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
> Total Width: 64 bits > Data Width: 64 bits Nothing to do with the addressing capabilities. Its 64bit wide data (ie DDR) > And it also appears to say the bios is 64 bit. I'm not sure how to > interpret all this. Nothing about 64bit in the BIOS info (nor

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 12:17, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:13:23 +0100, AH (Andrew) wrote: > >>> Mem: 3095008 >>> >>> I have not yet removed the original non-PAE kernels but I am booting >>> to the new PAE kernel. It looks like something else is going on. >>> Migh

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
> If the CPU is not fully 64 bit, then it will only use (not see) 4GB of > memory. After completing overhead actions this leaves something in Nope. An x86 processor with PAE can be 32bit but can address 36bits of address space (just not directly all at once). This needs a lot of management and if

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
> The other computer now F-14 32 bit, shows cp0/cp1 as 64 bit > under lshw > but the basic computer as 32 bit. Is that because it's running > 32 or is that a limitation? I've no idea what lshw does or where it gets it information from. > Maybe I know the an

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:13:23 +0100, AH (Andrew) wrote: > > Mem: 3095008 > > > > I have not yet removed the original non-PAE kernels but I am booting > > to the new PAE kernel. It looks like something else is going on. > > Might be something in the bios configuration that nee

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 11:39, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:58 +0200 > Michael Schwendt wrote: >> Install the kernel-PAE package, then reboot to the PAE kernel and remove >> the normal kernel package. > I suspect a more fundamental problem. At least according to the Dell > material the Dime

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Andrew Haley
On 07/29/2011 04:54 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 29/07/11 11:06, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: >> >>> This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >>> 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. >>> >>> This morning I repl

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 29/07/11 11:06, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > >> This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >> 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. >> >> This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of >

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread James McKenzie
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:58 +0200 > Michael Schwendt wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: >> >> > >> >     This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >> >     2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb.

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:59:06 -0430 Marcos Luis Ortiz Valmaseda wrote: > I recommend to you that you install the 64 bits version to can able to use > all available RAM memory in your system. A Dell DM 4700 isn't going to have a 64bit capable CPU in most configurations -- users mailing list

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:58 +0200 Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > > > > > This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added > > 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. > > > > This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips wi

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Marcos Luis Ortiz Valmaseda
I recommend to you that you install the 64 bits version to can able to use all available RAM memory in your system. Regards 2011/7/29 Bob Goodwin > >This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. > >This morning I replaced the

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 07/29/2011 06:06 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > >> This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >> 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. >> >> This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total

Re: More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: > > This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added > 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. > > This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of > 6. The bios setup screen shows 6 gb but appa

More RAM not recognized -

2011-07-29 Thread Bob Goodwin
This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of 6. The bios setup screen shows 6 gb but apparently Linux is only using half that amount, not much of an i