----- Original Message ----- From: "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Kernel upgrade on remote server -- DONE
> > Now I just need to figure out why the OS still doesn't recognize the full > > 1GB of RAM in the machine - I wonder if this kernel was compiled without > > himem support. > > what does 'free' say? from one of my boxes with 1GB ram(2.2.19): > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 970932 935060 35872 261600 504092 146920 > -/+ buffers/cache: 284048 686884 > Swap: 2000052 0 2000052 > > from dmesg: > Memory: 970868k/983040k available (1544k kernel code, 428k reserved, 10136k > data, 64k init) Nate, Thanks for the help. total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 905748 460160 445588 0 78244 317964 -/+ buffers/cache: 63952 841796 Swap: 2048248 0 2048248 Here's the key info from dmsg: Warning only 896MB will be used. Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel. 896MB LOWMEM available. Do I need to compile a custom kernel to use more RAM? I also see this: Advanced speculative caching feature not present Is that feature worthwhile and stable? If so, how do I activate it? Best, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]