> > On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:06:39 -0800 (PST), saravanan > > ganapathy > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hai, > > > I installed woody on my dual processor,2 GB RAM > > > server. I have enabled smp support by installing > > > kernel-image-2.4.18-smp. Now it shows dual > > processor. > > > But the os detects my RAM as 900 MB only. How do I > > > enable the os to detect actual RAM(2 GB)? > > > > > > Please help me > > > > > > Sarav
> --- Jonathan Lassoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You need a kernel that supports large amounts of > > RAM. You could get > > the sources and compile it yourself which can take > > some time, but I > > personally found very easy to do. I would think that > > there is a .deb > > package of a kernel with this support as well, but I > > don't know that > > much about apt. Perhaps do: "apt-cache search > > kernel" and see if > > anything jumps out at you. > > > > I'd be happy to help you compile your own kernel. > > > > --Jonathan On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:58:46 -0800 (PST), saravanan ganapathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I googled and couldn't find the .deb kernel package > which supports highmem( its available in testing > version only) > So I think I need to use the latest 2.4.x kernel from > kernel.org. If I am using debian kernel packages, then > I can get security updates from debian. > Is kernel.org provides security updates? If so , how > to apply the updates without disturbing applications > running on a production server? > > Please suggest me > > Sarav Sorry for the topposting above, that was my mistake. As to the security updates, those are provided by the Debian security team. They maintain software packages with the latest updates for security vulnerabilities. The kernel is the core piece of software on your system that handles all the system calls and a whole slew of other core stuff. Vulnerabilities for the Linux kernel are not as common as vulnerabilities for common pieces of Linux software, so you could roll your own kernel and still have all the great security updates from the Debian security team. As to getting your own kernel going, there are two big and easy ways to get the sources. One, you can get the sources from backports.org. This would consist of adding some lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file to get a kernel-source package. Two, you can get the kernel source from kernel.org. I personally would go with the second as it is quicker to grab and use. As of this writing, the latest 2.4 kernel is 2.4.28, and can be had over HTTP at http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.28.tar.bz2 Grab this and move it to /usr/src You will likely have to become root to do this. Then decompress the tarball in /usr/src. This should make /usr/src/linux-2.4.28. Then you should cd into this directory and proceed to configure your new kernel and compile it. There is ample documentation in the linux-2.4.28 directory under Documentation, and I don't really feel like rewriting some already great docs. There are plenty more online too if you poke around on google or something. Direct any questions here, and I'll do my best to help you out. Hope this works out for you. --Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]