-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gary Dale <garyd...@rogers.com> writes:
> On 15/08/12 04:08 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> As stated in the title, I've got 4 GiB of RAM on this computer. The >> problem is that I'm using kernel 2.6.32-5-686 which does not support 4 >> GiB of RAM. Precedently, I had used a bigmem kernel. >> >> Here, I simply want to get my 4 GiB of RAM fully recognized in an easy >> fashion. Is it possible? >> >> Thanks. > > I'd guess you are running Debian/Stable (Squeeze). Simply install the > bigmem kernel image (linux-image-686-bigmem). > > Alternatively, you could upgrade to Wheezy which has the PAE already > built in. It looks like Wheezy is getting ready for release and it is > quite stable. > > If your computer has a 64bit CPU, you could also install the 64bit > version of Debian over the existing. Just don't format your /home. Well, it's 32bit stuff here. However, assuming I install the bigmem kernel image, as I did precedently, do I risk anything, that is, is it as simple as an apt-get install, then choosing this new kernel in the GRUB? Thanks. - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAlAroLEACgkQM0LLzLt8MhxFfwCgi7K5g/XkK2YQRoSqP9zqPqYo eKwAniV0ZFc/Y/rK8zIqR+PTLYrvJ72s =jTOR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ipck1emm.fsf@merciadriluca-station.MERCIADRILUCA