Timothy Legg wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't used Debian for several years. I am glad to be back in the > game again. > > I decided to install 2GB of RAM on my Compaq Evo (D31vm). As this is a > dual boot system, I do know for certain that the memory is accepted by > the chipset. Also the datasheets for this machine reflect a > compatibility with that quantity of memory > > In linux, only 1GB is visible. > > In fact, 'free' told me that my total memort is exactly 906736kb. > /proc/meminfo agrees with that too. > > So am I being unusual by possessing such large amounts of memory, or did > I forget something more fundamental. > > btw, I have a rather current 2.6.8-2-386 #1 (i686) kernel >
The -386 kernels do not have HIGHMEM support enabled. Use a -686, -k7 -k8, or more architecture specific kernel. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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