On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Bill Davidsen wrote:
I just popped another 2GB in my development machine, 2GB to 4GB RAM, and only
3GB shows. Yes I looked at the 820 output, yes I tried PAE kernels, yes I
checked the BIOS to see the the hole options were tried, other thoughts.
FC6 running 2.6.22.14-72.fc6PAE, also 2.6.24.4 kernel.org build.
dmesg hopefully attached if it doesn't get stripped again.
One thing I learned about memory management is that some systems, like
Dell, may take a 1 GB for video and other system memory. Thus, you can
have 4 GB installed, but only 3 GB will ever be available for your use.
You should review the details of your system/motherboard to see how it
allocates memory.
Scott
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
