-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:53:33 +0000 Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello List, > > Today I have built a new box running Debian testing with 2GB of RAM. > I used Debian testing because the Sarge installer didn't support my > hardware. > > The problem is that while my BIOS reports the full 2GB of RAM, top > only reports 960MB. > > I have learnt from Google that some kernels lack "highmem" support, > and suspect this is the cause of my problem. I guess I need to > install a new kernel? uname -a reports the following: > > Linux artoo 2.6.15-1-486 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:19:16 UTC 2006 i686 > GNU/Linux > > I have been searching packages.debian.org, but am not sure which > kernel would be the most suitable. I have an AMD64 processor, but I > chose to use the regular i386 port because the amd64 port is > unofficial. > > Could anyone suggest which would be the most suitable kernel for me? Since you have an AMD processor, I would go for linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7. I am currently running linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 on an AMD Athlon XP and it recognizes all 2.5GB of ram in this machine. HTH, Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEGtvkkpJ43hY3cTURAnZpAJwM2ahubR4BkP80aVqTrkPcelQeywCfXxre ek8+7BSiorD6twI8y28iyms= =lNo7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
