Re: grub kernel parameter

From: Kancha . (kancha2np_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/07/05

  • Next message: Haley O. Pilger, III: "(no subject)" 
    Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 21:43:23 -0800 (PST)
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    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 <davee@sungate.co.uk> 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.
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