On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 18:26 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > c) I am running the 32 bit version of Linux. Would it make any > > difference to my RAM access if I ran the 64 bit version ? > > > Maybe, but that's the solution of last resort. If you have the x86_64 > "live" CD > it's worth looking, but I think there are (at least) two better > solutions. First > is the PAE kernel. You don't need to go diddling your setup to try it, > just open > a terminal and run > yum install kernel-PAE > to get a PAE kernel. Then reboot, and when the boot menu comes up, > select the > PAE version. Run the free command and see if it found your memory. > > The next step is to wait for the 2.6.27 kernel. WARNING: if you have > e1000 > hardware, don't try this kernel until the issues have been resolved, > see the > kernel list, this kernel *may* make your e1000 into a brick by eating > the flash > firmware. It's being worked on, it's low probability, but wait as > week, good > people are trying it. > > The reason 2.6.27 is desirable for you is that a lot of work has gone > into the > MTRR register mapping, and it *may* be able to describe your memory > where the > 2.6.26 can't. Take that for what it's worth, I would try PAE now, and > wait until > 2.6.27 is patched (unless you have a totally different hardware). Great post. Thanks for all the advice. I will wait and see how 2.6.72 works. LG -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
