Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-04 Thread Florian Philipp
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Pawel K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. I compiled the kernel as follows: Processor family   Core 2/newer Xeon Subarchitecture Type   PC-compatible High Memory Support   Off All my remaining

[gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Pawel K
Hello I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. I compiled the kernel as follows: Processor family   Core 2/newer Xeon Subarchitecture Type   PC-compatible High Memory Support   Off All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit binaries. The last switch causes my system to see less

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Dale
Pawel K wrote: Hello I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. I compiled the kernel as follows: Processor family Core 2/newer Xeon Subarchitecture Type PC-compatible High Memory Support Off All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit binaries. The last switch causes my

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:49:45 -0700 (PDT), Pawel K wrote: AFAIK kernel does not need High Memory Support in case of 64 bit CPUs. What's wrong with my kernel config ? Maybe it does not run as a 64 bit CPU ? That's the most likely case, because the HighMem option doesn't even appear on a 64 bit

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Mike Williams
On Thursday 03 July 2008 16:49:45 Pawel K wrote: AFAIK kernel does not need High Memory Support in case of 64 bit CPUs. Correct. What's wrong with my kernel config ? Maybe it does not run as a 64 bit CPU ? The config for an x86_64 kernel doesn't have a high memory support option, you've

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Norberto Bensa
Quoting Pawel K [EMAIL PROTECTED]: High Memory Support   Off You made you box to only see ~950MB :) From menuconfig: CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G: Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4 gigabytes of physical RAM. Symbol: HIGHMEM4G [=y] Prompt: 4GB Defined at

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008, Pawel K wrote: Hello I have 4 GB of ram and a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500. I compiled the kernel as follows: Processor family   Core 2/newer Xeon Subarchitecture Type   PC-compatible High Memory Support   Off All my remaining packages are compiled as 32 bit

Re: [gentoo-user] 4 GB and Intel Core 2 Duo

2008-07-03 Thread Norberto Bensa
Neil Bothwick wrote: That's the most likely case, because the HighMem option doesn't even appear on a 64 bit system. He runs on 32 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list