On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:20:43 +0200 raptor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why kernel is saying that it will use only 896 MB RAM, when I have 1GB > ?!?! (see below) one more question the machine crashes from time to > time !???! only thing different from other machines i had is that I > have Gsecurity at medium ? Is there a place where info is saved after > crash so that i can look for the reason ?! > > 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 > gcc version 3.3.2 20031218 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.2-r5, propolice-3.3-7) > > ============================================ > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fef0000 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 000000003fef0000 - 000000003fef3000 (ACPI NVS) > BIOS-e820: 000000003fef3000 - 000000003ff00000 (ACPI data) > BIOS-e820: 000000003ff00000 - 0000000040000000 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) > Warning only 896MB will be used. > Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel. > 896MB LOWMEM available. > found SMP MP-table at 000f50d0 > hm, page 000f5000 reserved twice. > hm, page 000f6000 reserved twice. > hm, page 000f0000 reserved twice. > hm, page 000f1000 reserved twice. > On node 0 totalpages: 229376 > zone(0): 4096 pages. > zone(1): 225280 pages. > zone(2): 0 pages. > Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4 > Virtual Wire compatibility mode. > OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID: PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000 > Processor #0 Pentium 4(tm) XEON(tm) APIC version 17 > I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000. > Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs > Processors: 1
As the message says, "Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel" ;). In 2.6 kernels, the option is CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y; don't remember if 2.4 is exactly the same. -- Barry Marler Information Analyst II Center for Applied Genetic Technologies University of Georgia Athens, GA USA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
