Tom you make a great point. I run mandrake linux with 256 megs of PC 133 Ram on an Athlon 1600 XP with no problems.
So Fred sell all your 512 sticks and go get 256 and you will be fine. Kenneth E. Spress [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interested in a home based buisness? Go Shopping without leaving your house http://www.acnmall.com/sirduron Lastly would you be interested in saving money on products and services you already use if so please contact me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Memory limit? > On Tuesday February 25 2003 01:44 pm, Fred Schroeder wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a Mandrake 9.0 system, in the machine I have put three > > 512Meg chips, so it should have 1,536Meg of Ram. But in the system > > monitor, it only shows 884Meg. What is up? When the machine > > boots, it says it has 1572864 memory, so I think the machine sees > > the memory, but for some reason Linux is not seeing it all. Do I > > need to change some setting on my system? > > You need to either, install the 'enterprise' kernel, or compile > your existing kernel from source and config the 'high memory' option. > There's good reason why this is not in the 'regular' kernel. Kernel > memory management above 1 gig is slower. If you don't just have to > have 1.5 gigs of ram (video editing?), you'd be better off leaving > the regular kernel as is. Yes, the enterprise kernel will see all > your ram with no problem, but your system will be slower. Probly be a > better idea to take one of those 512mb sticks out and sell it ;) > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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