You mean different hardware, or OS? I previously added 4 GB to an identical 
server from the same vendor running CentOS 5 and it recognized full amount of 
RAM. 
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From: joji johny [mailto:[email protected]]
To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list 
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:12:51 -0800
Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] 4 GB not recognized after PAE kernel upgrade

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
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