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There is an option in the kernel that will make it "see" all the 4GB. Set |
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the option for up o 64GB in the kernel and you may use your 4GB. |
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On 1/24/08, Hal Martin <hal.martin@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Ahh, but it won't last... |
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> |
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> $ free |
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> total used free shared |
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> buffers cached |
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> Mem: 2059824 2044512 15312 0 37636 50868 |
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> -/+ buffers/cache: 1956008 103816 |
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> Swap: 4289308 1229024 3060284 |
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> |
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> Now this I can live with... |
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> |
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> $ free |
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> total used free shared |
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> buffers cached |
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> Mem: 3629832 3499156 130676 0 56644 3070796 |
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> -/+ buffers/cache: 371716 3258116 |
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> Swap: 0 0 0 |
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> |
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> Unfortunately that machine is 32bit and thus only supports ~3.6GB of the |
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> 4GB of RAM. :-( |
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> |
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> -Hal |
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> |
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> Michael Higgins wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:44:53 +0100 |
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> > "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > |
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> >> On Montag, 21. Januar 2008, Michael Higgins wrote: |
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> >> |
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> >>> So, I just got 2 GB of RAM in the mail. Whoo hoo. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Before I pop these in, soliciting any thoughts about the following: |
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> >>> |
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> >>> zcat /proc/config.gz |grep MEM |
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> >>> CONFIG_SHMEM=y |
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> >>> # CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set |
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> >>> # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set |
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> >>> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y |
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> >>> # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set |
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> >>> CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y |
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> >>> CONFIG_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y |
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> >>> CONFIG_FLATMEM_MANUAL=y |
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> >>> # CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM_MANUAL is not set |
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> >>> # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL is not set |
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> >>> CONFIG_FLATMEM=y |
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> >>> CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP=y |
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> >>> # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC is not set |
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> >>> CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y |
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> >>> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set |
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> >>> # CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS is not set |
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> >>> # CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set |
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> >>> CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] |
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> >>> Size (MB) |
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> >>> |
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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> >>> --- hda1 Boot Primary Linux ext2 |
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> >>> 256.50 hda2 Primary Linux swap / |
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> >>> Solaris 1024.46 hda3 Primary Linux |
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> >>> ext3 21480.44 hda5 Logical |
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> >>> Linux ReiserFS 28771.84 hda6 |
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> >>> Logical Linux ReiserFS 28493.15 |
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> >>> |
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> >>> IOW, do I need to/should I recompile my kernel or change partition |
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> >>> sizes? |
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> >>> |
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> >> if you don't plan to try suspend-to-disk. |
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> >> No |
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> >> |
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> >> even if you plan to try suspend-to-disk it might work with a |
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> >> swapfile. So still no. |
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> >> |
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> > |
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> > Thanks for the feedback. I figured I'd be covered with the setup as it |
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> > is, but you never know... unless you know. This thing never sleeps... |
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> > so no worries there. |
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> > |
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> > Anyway, I just popped 'em in: |
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> > |
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> > $ free |
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> > total used free shared buffers |
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> cached |
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> > Mem: 2074548 166048 1908500 0 |
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> 6812 77284 |
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> > -/+ buffers/cache: 81952 1992596 |
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> > Swap: 1000432 0 1000432 |
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> > |
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> > [ Nice. I like that last line a lot. ] |
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> > |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > |
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> > |
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> |
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> -- |
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Ricardo Saffi Marques |
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