Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Laurent CARON
Björn Abt wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this machine and after examining the system i found out that top only shows 906MB RAM, even /proc/meminfo shows only 906MB. I tried this with both the 2.4

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
How exactly do you do that? CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G CONFIG_HIGHMEM Jerr On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:05 +0100, Laurent CARON wrote: Björn Abt wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this machine and

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Laurent CARON
JerryN wrote: How exactly do you do that? CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G CONFIG_HIGHMEM Jerr Either download a highmem enabled kernel or build one (with make-kpkg) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Which kernels for a 386 would be 4GB enabled? On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:11 +0100, Laurent CARON wrote: JerryN wrote: How exactly do you do that? CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G CONFIG_HIGHMEM Jerr Either download a highmem enabled kernel or build one (with make-kpkg)

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:22:45AM -0500, JerryN wrote: Which kernels for a 386 would be 4GB enabled? I don't think any of the default debian kernels are 4GB enabled, are they? Their package names don't mention it, anyway. You may have to build your own. Is there someplace to download highmem

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB enabled: so far I thought that 1GB was smaller that 4GB. Jerome Björn Abt wrote: Hello

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:39:12 +, Jerome BENOIT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 13:39 +, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB enabled: so far

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for the reply. Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:39:12 +, Jerome BENOIT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Dave Ewart wrote: On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 13:39 +, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 14:15 +, Jerome BENOIT wrote: I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB enabled: so far I thought that

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Laurent CARON
Sam Watkins wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:22:45AM -0500, JerryN wrote: Which kernels for a 386 would be 4GB enabled? I don't think any of the default debian kernels are 4GB enabled, are they? Their package names don't mention it, anyway. You may have to build your own. Is there

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Joao Clemente
Björn Abt wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this machine and after examining the system i found out that top only shows 906MB RAM, even /proc/meminfo shows only 906MB. I tried this with both the 2.4

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Intriguing! So many words in this track being said but nothing really of any value whatever... On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 16:02 +, Joao Clemente wrote: Björn Abt wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Peter Robinson
On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 15:15, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Dave Ewart wrote: On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 13:39 +, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
I have the book. Sorry, but it's about as practically informative as these numerous emails. On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 18:24 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 15:15, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Dave Ewart wrote: On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 13:39 +, Jerome BENOIT wrote:

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 12:33 -0500, JerryN wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB enabled:

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Nobody has said which kernel would work. I am using the 386 kernel. As I understand it, the 686 is only for Pentium 4's. I've seen several emails about that. So I would love to see something practical and very specific. In as far as real world commands that are needed in order to utilize

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:03 -0500, JerryN wrote: Nobody has said which kernel would work. I am using the 386 kernel. As I understand it, the 686 is only for Pentium 4's. I've seen several emails about that. So I would love to see something practical and very specific. In as far as

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Dave Ewart wrote: On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 12:33 -0500, JerryN wrote: Hello List, I observed a similar behaviour on my Sarge laptop (Inspiron 8200): I have 1GB ram but /proc/mening shows (only) 905136 kB and the Gnome system monitor 884 MB. I have to say that my kernel is not 4GB enabled: so

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 23.12.2004 at 14:03 -0500, JerryN wrote: Nobody has said which kernel would work. I am using the 386 kernel. Nobody has said which kernel would work because for a system with that much RAM, the consensus is that you probably need to rebuild your kernel yourself. As I

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 07:36:51PM +, Dave Ewart wrote: As I understand it, the 686 is only for Pentium 4's. I've seen several emails about that. 686 is for any Pentium-based system and above, not just P4. Unless your system is *very* old, a 686 kernel should be OK. 686 is for

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Darryl Clarke
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:54:56 +0100, Björn Abt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this machine and after examining the system i found out that top only shows 906MB RAM, even /proc/meminfo

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Steve Block
On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:53 PM, Sam Watkins wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 07:36:51PM +, Dave Ewart wrote: As I understand it, the 686 is only for Pentium 4's. I've seen several emails about that. 686 is for any Pentium-based system and above, not just P4. Unless your system is *very* old, a

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Darryl Clarke wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:54:56 +0100, Björn Abt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this machine and after examining the system i found out that top only shows 906MB RAM, even

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:39:37 -0500, Roberto Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darryl Clarke wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:54:56 +0100, Björn Abt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, I have a HP DL360 G4 with 2GB ECC RAM and a P4-Xeon with 3 GHz. I installed Debian Sarge netinst on this

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread JerryN
Amazing how many incorrect assumptions have been made here. And of what cynicism without any concept of assistance or acceptance. The proof of faux nihilism exists here. O.W. used to say, give a man a podium and what you have left is wood and nails. Au revoir! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Joao Clemente
JerryN wrote: Intriguing! So many words in this track being said but nothing really of any value whatever... Very well, Jerry, I feel from your words that my answer has not been helpfull... nothing really of any value whatever So, either you're stating that my english is so bad that I

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Joao Clemente
Considering the topic and the thread, Andrea answered exaustively as far as I would need to be helped if I was in your shoes. I deeply recommend you reading this, I do believe this will help you greatly getting help in the future: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Maybe you

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Wayne Topa
JerryN([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Amazing how many incorrect assumptions have been made here. And of what cynicism without any concept of assistance or acceptance. The proof of faux nihilism exists here. O.W. used to say, give a man a podium and what you have left is

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Peter Robinson
On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 18:33, JerryN wrote: I have the book. Sorry, but it's about as practically informative as these numerous emails. On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 18:24 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 15:15, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Dave Ewart wrote: On Thursday,

Re: Sarge not showing all RAM

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
JerryN wrote: Intriguing! So many words in this track being said but nothing really of any value whatever... we need a global jerk database for people like this -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]