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mark@laeb ~ $ cat /proc/meminfo | grep Mem |
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MemTotal: 1034284 kB |
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MemFree: 953172 kB |
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Thanks for the tip. But strangely, 12mb is still missing. |
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On 7/24/05, Rudmer van Dijk <rudmer@×××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 24 July 2005 22:21, Mark Shields wrote: |
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> > No I do not, as I was under the impression it's not required unless |
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> > you have at least 4gb (sorry for the poor formatting, copying from |
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> > putty/terminal to a text box doesn't format very well): |
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> well the -mm kernel does not have this option anymore, but IIRC you need to |
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> select 4G support to enable the rest of your memory. |
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> > Linux Kernel v2.6.11-gentoo-r6 Configuration |
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> > ‚€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ |
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> > High Memory Support |
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> > €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ƒ |
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> > Use the arrow keys to navigate this window or press the hotkey of |
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> > the item you wish to select followed by the <SPACE BAR>. Press |
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> > <?> for additional information about this option. |
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> > ‚€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ƒ |
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> > (X) off |
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> > ( ) 4GB |
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> > ( ) 64GB |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > „€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€… |
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> > †€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€‡ |
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> > <Select> < Help > |
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> > „€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€… |
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> did you read the help asociated with each item? |
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> > All 3 memory sticks appear fine. The motherboard is an A7N8X Deluxe, |
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> > my main PC has an A7N8X-E Deluxe; both of them are capable of using |
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> > 3gb of memory, 1gb per stick (3 slots for memory). The 2 x 256 mb |
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> > sticks came from my main PC which I upgraded with 2 x 512mb sticks. |
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> > The 512mb stick has been in use by the server for 4 months. I could |
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> > understand if it was possible that they're incompatible, but then it |
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> > wouldn't show a gig of RAM when the PC shows the bios screen. |
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> > Regardless, I'll run memtest86 overnight to be sure. I'll also see |
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> > what an ubuntu or knoppix livecd shows. |
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> I'm sure you will not see any hardware failures, it has something todo with |
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> the split user/kernel that you only see ~800MB of ram. |
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> enable highmem support for 4G and you will be able to use all of your memory. |
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> Rudmer |
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- Mark Shields |
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