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Old 09-18-2006, 07:01 PM   #1
kitkit201
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Cannot get RedHat 2.1 AS to recognize more than 4gb of Ram..


Hi folks-

First post! (hurrah!)

Well, I just put in 5gb of Ram in a database server, (and during POST, my server recognizes that) but I am having trouble getting RedHat 2.1 AS to recongnize the ram.

I found out that I had to use the enterprise kernel so I instaleld that "kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.34.i686.rpm" via rpm -ivh and rebooted and selected the enterprise kernel upon the GRUB screen.

Here is how my grub.conf looks like..
Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/cciss/c0d0
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-e.34enterprise)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.34enterprise ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 mem=5120M
        initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.34enterprise.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-34enterprise)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-34enterprise ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 mem=5120M
title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server (2.4.9-e.34smp)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.34smp ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 mem=5120M
        initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.34smp.img
title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server-up (2.4.9-e.34)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.34 ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 mem=5120M
        initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.34.img
Right now, when I do a free -m I only get less than 4gb of ram showing..
Code:
[root@dhq-db1 root]# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3889       2623       1265        205         77       1985
-/+ buffers/cache:        560       3328
Swap:         2047          0       2047
[root@dhq-db1 root]#
Any reason why I can't see the last gigabyte of ram? I could understand that about 200mb is allocated to PCI devices and what not, but whats gives?

Thanks
Wilson
 
Old 09-18-2006, 10:20 PM   #2
kutty_prasad
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Did you try using hugemem kernel?.

Last edited by kutty_prasad; 09-18-2006 at 11:43 PM.
 
Old 09-19-2006, 06:14 AM   #3
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Change the 4G line:

CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y

To look like this in your kernel .config file:

CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y

Then recompile the kernel.
 
Old 09-19-2006, 08:36 AM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trickykid
Change the 4G line:

CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y

To look like this in your kernel .config file:

CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y

Then recompile the kernel.
Sorry, I'm pretty green when it comes to all this stuff. Can someone tell me step by step where this kernel .config file is at and how do I recompile the kernel if I am installing it via rpm?

Thanks
Wilson
 
  


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