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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Looks right. You can always check make menuconfig and the kernel opts though. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
