Adams, Some systems doesn't recognize the memories since the vendors are different or due to improper dimm allocation.
Regards, Joji V J On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Chris Adams < [email protected]> wrote: > I am running RedHat 5 on a 32 bit system with 2 GB RAM . I have verified > that the hardware supports at least 4 GB RAM. I added an additional 2 GB > ram. However, issuing the various command to show memory available, it would > only show ~2.5 GB. > > So, reading about the PAE kernel, I installed it via RPM and after > rebooting, verified that the /etc/grub.conf file shows the PAE kernel first > and the Default=0. When I run 'cat /proc/meminfo' and 'free -om', it still > reports 2.5 GB. > > Can someone explain what is going on and what I should do, other than > upgrading to a 64 bit system? I have done this same update on an identical > server running CentOS 5 and it recognizes the 4 GB. > > I can provide output from any commands necessary. Just let me know. > > Many thanks, > > Christopher Adams > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > >
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