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Old 03-26-2006, 10:04 AM   #1
bryankrone
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Linux memory


root:~> cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 906652 kB
MemFree: 853088 kB
Buffers: 1120 kB
Cached: 18468 kB
SwapCached: 6156 kB
Active: 19240 kB
Inactive: 11388 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 906652 kB
LowFree: 853088 kB
SwapTotal: 1060160 kB
SwapFree: 931372 kB
Dirty: 248 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
Mapped: 13844 kB
Slab: 11688 kB
CommitLimit: 1513484 kB
Committed_AS: 382940 kB
PageTables: 1252 kB
VmallocTotal: 122580 kB
VmallocUsed: 23960 kB
VmallocChunk: 94928 kB

I was wondering, I just installed 2 x 1 gig memory sticks in my computer and the BIOS recognizes them both, but when I run "cat /proc/meminfo" linux only dispays 1 gig. What's up with that? Is there some configuration I need to use when I compile the kernel? Why does it only show 1 gig?

Thanks.
 
Old 03-26-2006, 10:55 AM   #2
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The default kernel is not configured to handle memory above 1-GB, fix it....

Either recompile the kernel for large memory support or locate a kernel for your unlisted/unknown version of Linux that does.

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

http://www.google.com/linux Search term; kernel large memory support
 
Old 03-26-2006, 12:31 PM   #3
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Thanks, worked like a charm!

Did a make xconfig and under Pocessor type and features, High Memory Support I activated 4GB and recompiled the kernel. That did the trick...

Thanks again.
 
Old 03-27-2006, 07:27 AM   #4
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Your welcome, glad to help.
 
  


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