This is the output of uname -a Linux kancha 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Thu May 19 17:40:50 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
and the output of meminfo shows MemTotal: 906736 kB I'm using sarge and I selected linux26 for the installation. Do I need to build (compile) a custom kernel or can the memory parameter be passed during a normal sarge installation ? --- Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday, 05.11.2005 at 21:52 -0800, Kancha . > wrote: > > > I have a system running sarge. The system had 1GB > RAM > > and I recently upgraded it to 2GB. The bios shows > 2GB > > RAM but on booting the system the OS shows just > 1GB. I > > tried passing mem=2048M kernel parameter but that > > didn't work either. > > Is your system actually showing a ceiling of about > 906MB? If so, then > your kernel is only compiled for <1GB systems. If > you have a recent, > Pentium-style processor then using any stock 686 > kernel should have > support for >1GB RAM included. > > If the above doesn't help, please post us the output > of 'uname -a' > > Dave. > -- > Please don't CC me on list messages! > ... > Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > All email from me is now digitally signed, key from > http://www.sungate.co.uk/ > Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 > CD28 DA92 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
