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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:25 am Post subject: 1 Gb of ram missing [SOLVED] |
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Hi,
I'm installing gentoo on my new laptop which has two 1-Gb modules of ram for a total of 2Gb of ram.. The problem that I'm having now (after having completed the stage3 installation) is that "free" says I have only 1Gb of ram! What could be the cause? How could I try to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance for any suggestion!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Have you compiled in support for High Memory in the kernel?
| Code: | Processor type and features --->
High Memory Support (4GB) --->
(X) 4GB |
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prolibertine
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:49 am Post subject: |
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thx，i am have same problem with lose memery
now,is resolved
thx |
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weedy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| and also it would say you only have about 800mb of ram for my experience. |
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MetalWarrior
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| TheRAt wrote: | Have you compiled in support for High Memory in the kernel?
| Code: | Processor type and features --->
High Memory Support (4GB) --->
(X) 4GB |
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I added the High Memory Support but free always tells me that I have 905080 bytes of ram! Other suggestions? 
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magic919
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Have you checked dmesg after boot to see what memory it finds. |
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MetalWarrior
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Sorry, it was my fault (I copied the kernel in the /boot directory without having mounted the boot partition), with the 4Gb support activated the whole 2Gb of RAM are recognized correctly 
Thank you very much!
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| MetalWarrior wrote: | | Sorry, it was my fault (I copied the kernel in the /boot directory without having mounted the boot partition), with the 4Gb support activated the whole 2Gb of RAM are recognized correctly |
lol... done that plenty of times myself... 
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