Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:26:42 +0200 | From | Thanasis <> | Subject | Re: [gentoo-user] RAM installed vs reported |
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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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