On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, The awesome and feared raptor commented thusly, > why kernel is saying that it will use only 896 MB RAM, when I have 1GB > ?!?! (see below)
You have to have a high memory capacble kernel, ie the kernel has to be compiled with high memory set to 4gb in your case. > one more question the machine crashes from time to time !???! Turn off acpi if running. also run memtest86 and check your ram. > Warning only 896MB will be used. > Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel. > 896MB LOWMEM available. Here is the culprit. If you run a machine with 1gb of ram then you need the high memory enabled kernel. Grendel -- Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
