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Pawel K wrote: |
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> Hello |
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> I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. |
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> I compiled the kernel as follows: |
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> Processor family |
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> Core 2/newer Xeon |
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> Subarchitecture Type |
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> PC-compatible |
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> High Memory Support |
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> Off |
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> All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit binaries. |
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> The last switch causes my system to see less than 1 GB of memory: |
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> cat /proc/meminfo: |
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> MemTotal: 901816 kB |
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> AFAIK kernel does not need High Memory Support in case of 64 bit CPUs. |
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> What's wrong with my kernel config ? |
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> Maybe it does not run as a 64 bit CPU ? |
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> thanks for an answer. |
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Check your kernel: |
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Processor type and features |
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High Memory Support |
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then select 4Gb or maybe even 64Gb if you plan to add even more later. |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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