On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 15:34, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 02:24:37PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Looks like it only sees 1GB RAM. What you have to do is recompile > > the kernel to enable these options: > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G > > CONFIG_HIGHMEM > > > > This is because, by default, the kernel only sees 1GB. I think it > > has to do with the x86 archetecture. Data above 1GB must be moved > > down below 1GB for certain IO operations. If you have less than > > 1GB RAM, that code path need not be taken, so the system is optimised > > for people who have less than 1GB RAM. > > The instructions on how to use the kernel-package stuff didn't make > much sense to me. How/why is that any easier then compiling directly > from source, the standard way? > > I downloaded the standard 2.4.19 sources from kernel.org, compiled and > all is running with the new RAM being recognized. Thanks for the tip.
What you can do next time is get the kernel-source from debian.org (because it has lots of little bug fixes), via regular old "apt-get install". That puts a tarball in /usr/src. Then just untar it and proceed through the standard linux/README instructions. That's what I do, and it's easy enough... > Now that I am running 2.4.19, is there anything specific that I should > watch out for? None that I know of. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Fear the Penguin!!" | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
