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SubjectRe: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported
on 12/30/2009 01:08 PM Dirk Heinrichs wrote the following:
> Am Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009 11:49:39 schrieb Thanasis:
>> I have a netbook (Acer Aspire One A110L) and installed a 1GB DDR2 in the
>> available slot, for a total of 1.5GB or RAM.
>> The BIOS reports it as 1.5GB and so does grml linux (booting from usb),
>> but the installed gentoo linux reports only 904600 kB:
>
> With more than 1G of memory, you should set CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y.
> HTH...
> Dirk
I thought CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G had to do with more than 4GB of RAM.
Now I can see that the associated help says it is for an amount between
1 and 4GB.
That should be it. The option name confused me.
I will try it and report back.
Thanks :-)


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