Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-25 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- "Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon > processor and 2GB > of RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? > Does the processor > need a special kernel? Will that kernel recognize > that amount of RAM? > > Tha

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:13:39PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > >>>special kernel? Will that kernel recognize tha

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, don't. Compile your own kernel that has the 4GB_RAM support > enabled. None of the packaged Debian kernels have it. Without it you > will only get access to about 900 MB. > >From the /boot/config-2.6.8-2-686-smp: # # Firmware

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a >>>special kernel? Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM? >>>

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) wrote: > OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? > Here: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html If you are not sure what options you need, then simply take the /boot/config-x.y

RE: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)
OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? Thanks, -Jason -Original Message- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: installing sarge on server On Wed, Aug 24

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:57:38AM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > >

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > special kernel? Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM? > T