how do I enable himem in slackware?
I cd /usr/src/linux then
gmake config and under "processor type and features" I went to "high memory support" and marked 4G,saved then rebooted. That seems too easy....did I miss something? |
Did you 'make', 'make modules_install' & 'make install'?
It requires a full kernel recompile/install to enable it. |
outside of what it takes to install a kernal just edit the kernal configuration for highmem. then install the newly highmem configed kernel. its that simple. I had to do it myself recently.
make sure your kernal modules are installed. I was using the test26.s kernal from 10.2 and the install never installed the 2.6 modules and few other 2.6 kernal packages. they are on cd 2 |
so if I cd /usr/src/linux then 'make', 'make modules_install' & 'make install' that will do it?
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lol:study: ,Thaks for the link.That is definately needed
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You need to compile the kernel. Heres what I do when compiling a 2.6.x kernel.
When you 'make menuconfig' you can choose processor & memory settings. This is just an example of how I do it. ------------------------------- Start inside the proper folder w/the kernel you have downloaded. Be sure & change the /usr/src/linux to point to the new kernel directory. make menuconfig #(*Setup for your system*) make make bzImage make modules make modules_install cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6 cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6 rm /boot/System.map ln -s /boot/System.map-2.6 /boot/System.map cd //etc vi lilo.conf #(*Add new selection, see below*) cd //sbin lilo reboot (*Login as root*) If your using a nvidia module you need to reinstall it like. cd nvidia #(*Whever you located your vid driver*) sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5661-pkg1.run #(*Varies for your driver*) #Done My lilo.conf entry: image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6 root = /dev/sda1 label = Slack_2.6.X-SMP read-only warning, I'm using scsi raid, so its sda1 for me. place the proper drive for your system. That worked great for me, so hopefully it's helpfull. |
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http://slackbook.org/ http://slackbook.org/html/book.html |
WOOHOO SUCCESS!
himem up and the machine boots and everything works :D Thanks for the help to everyone who replied.Nice to have a noob friendly forum. |
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