On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
>>    I don't know how to determine whether PAE is set for the Slackware-13.1
>> installation in my new Dell portable. When I look at /proc/meminfo I see the
>> amount of memory as 3841208 kB. Am I correct that this is equivalent to
>> knowing that 4G RAM are installed? If so, I assume the PAE flag is set.
>
> That number is just under 4G of course, but the rest is probably
> stolen by your video card.  If you want more of that back, check bios
> settings.  However, setting it too low could cause you video problems.
> Anyway, it sounds like it's probably seeing all of the RAM.
>
> Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any of this.
>
> tim
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Looks right. You can always check make menuconfig and the kernel opts though.

Drew-
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