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SubjectRe: 1GB, highmem or no?
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Mark de Vries <m.devries@nl.tiscali.com> writes:

> I recently added some memory and now have 1GB and the kernel tells me:
> "Warning only 896MB will be used.
> Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
> 896MB LOWMEM available."
>
> So I'm not using ~128MB of my memory...
>
> My question is: is enableling HIGHMEM worth it?

You may consider using a different split as well. I'm using 2 GB : 2 GB
split with 1 GB of RAM with no need for highmem.

BTW: Is it really safe to use something like 2.5 GB : 1.5 GB user/kernel
scheme? I don't want PAE nor HIGHMEM.
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Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH
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