Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:57:39 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: Need help in creating 8GB RAMDISK |
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On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 02:25:23AM -0700, Fawad Lateef wrote: > I am creating a RAMDISK of 7GB (from 1GB to 8GB). I > reserved the RAM by changing the code in > arch/i386/mm/init.c .......... > But I am not able to access the RAM from 1GB to 8GB in > a kernel module ........ after crossing the 4GB RAM, > the system goes into standby state. But if I insert > the same module 2 times means one for 1GB to 4GB and > other for 4GB to 8GB. and mount them seprately both > works fine ............ > Can any one tell me the reason behind this ??? I think > that in a single module we can't access more than 4GB > RAM ...... If this is the reason then what to do ??? I > need 7GB RAMDISK as a single drive ....
The state of affairs here is too sad to describe. You are going to have to find some other way to do what you're trying to do.
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