Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
? ?? wrote: seems to me you used 32-bits OS. THis kind of OS cannot see more then 3GB. Please try to send request to google like 3G RAM limit. You will receive detail explanation Since no one else has brought it to your attention, that's wrong. Intel/AMD 32 bit system of any

where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Neal Becker
I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something memory, he says the missing space is for pci bus. I think this is only because he's running 32 bit and that 64 bit would give all the memory. I tried on my

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Александр Горлов
seems to me you used 32-bits OS. THis kind of OS cannot see more then 3GB. Please try to send request to google like 3G RAM limit. You will receive detail explanation 2009/7/14 Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Neal Becker
Александр Горлов wrote: seems to me you used 32-bits OS. THis kind of OS cannot see more then 3GB. Please try to send request to google like 3G RAM limit. You will receive detail explanation 2009/7/14 Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com I have a argument with another user about memory. He

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Neal Becker wrote: I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something memory, he says the missing space is for pci bus. I think this is only because he's running 32 bit and that 64 bit would give all the

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Alan Cox
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:43:06 -0400 Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something memory, he says the missing space is for pci bus. I think this is only because

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Joerg Bergmann
Am 14.07.2009 16:39, schrieb Alan Cox: On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:43:06 -0400 Neal Beckerndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something memory, he says the missing space is for pci

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Shannon McMackin
On 07/14/2009 12:01 PM, Joerg Bergmann wrote: Am 14.07.2009 16:39, schrieb Alan Cox: On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:43:06 -0400 Neal Beckerndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Steven P. Ulrick
I have a argument with another user about memory. He claims that on running linux on his 4G Dell machine, top only reports 3.something memory, he says the missing space is for pci bus. I think this is only because he's running 32 bit and that 64 bit would give all the memory. I tried

Re: where's my memory?

2009-07-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Steven P. Ulrick wrote: Hello Everyone Since the topic has been started, here is what I am sure is a grade school level memory question: My system has an Intel Xeon 2GHZ QuadCore processor with 8 gigabytes of RAM. Right now, top says the following: Mem: 8108356k total, 7971312k used,