[ltp] R52 memory upgrade semi-detected...

m h linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:34:04 -0600


Thanks Richard, that worked.  I'm now ready to swap a lot less!

On 6/6/06, m h <sesquile@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess not....
>
> CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
>
> thanks I re-compile and try again!
>
> -matt
>
> On 6/6/06, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > m h wrote:
> > > I bought a gig of pc2-4200 ram for my R52 to upgrade from 512Meg to
> > > 1.5G.  It appears that the BIOS detects the memory and reports 1.5G.
> > >
> > > But linux (gentoo) does not.  "top" only shows 904724k memory as does
> > > /proc/meminfo....
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any hints as to what to do?
> > >
> > > It's Centon memory (compatible with ddr2-533 and ddr2-400).....
> > >
> >
> > Quick quess: have you compiled your kernel with support for high-memory?
> >
> > Richard
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