Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Daniel Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> However I have another problem now... CentOS 5.2 only sees 256MB RAM. > Is "OS install mode" set to "On" in the BIOS? I seem to remember this > sets the memory limit to 256Mb > Yes.. that will limi

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread MHR
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Sorin Srbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > : > Sorry for any n00b-statements from my side. 8-} The truth always comes out eventually :-) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/list

RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
Daniel Bird <> scribbled on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:57 AM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> However I have another problem now... CentOS 5.2 only sees 256MB RAM. > Is "OS install mode" set to "On" in the BIOS? I seem to remember this > sets the memory limit to 256Mb It is in fact. Lemme' check.

RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
Tru Huynh <> scribbled on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:48 AM: >>> does your bios see 4GB? try also memtest to make sure the 4GB are there. >>> cat /proc/meminfo and the boot lines of /var/log/messages >> >> Yupp, pressing F2 at boot and checking in bios says it's 4GB DDR2 ECC IIRC. >> >> Is memte

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Daniel Bird
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However I have another problem now... CentOS 5.2 only sees 256MB RAM. Is "OS install mode" set to "On" in the BIOS? I seem to remember this sets the memory limit to 256Mb Dan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://li

RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
Sorin Srbu <> scribbled on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:36 AM: >> does your bios see 4GB? try also memtest to make sure the 4GB are there. >> cat /proc/meminfo and the boot lines of /var/log/messages > > Will be back shortly with /proc/meminfo and boot-messages from /var/log. Meminfo: MemTotal:

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Tru Huynh
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 11:35:51AM +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Tru Huynh <> scribbled on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:15 AM: > ... > > > > does your bios see 4GB? try also memtest to make sure the 4GB are there. > > cat /proc/meminfo and the boot lines of /var/log/messages > > Yupp, pressing F2 at

RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
Tru Huynh <> scribbled on Friday, October 03, 2008 11:15 AM: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:23:46AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I got the previously mentioned Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM and Perc4e >> raid controller. Installation went well and the raid is pretty fast even

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread Tru Huynh
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:23:46AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I got the previously mentioned Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM and Perc4e > raid controller. Installation went well and the raid is pretty fast even with > level 5. > > However I have another problem now... CentOS 5.

[CentOS] Slightly OT: Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM

2008-10-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, I got the previously mentioned Dell Poweredge 2850 with 4GB RAM and Perc4e raid controller. Installation went well and the raid is pretty fast even with level 5. However I have another problem now... CentOS 5.2 only sees 256MB RAM. Googling a bit, got me to install kernel-PAE, this went w