[ltp] Re: Only 3 out of 4 GB detected

Takis Diakoumis linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:06:12 +1000


so... just to clarify.... running a 32bit kernel with bigmem support on
a t61 will give you access to 4gb (+) of ram??? is that right.

i'm running 32bit on a t61 and was about to go to 4gb of ram. with a
bigmem kernel even under 32bit thats cool right??? i will be able to
access it all??

thanks

On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 23:26 +0800, Cherife Li wrote:
> On 05/30/08 19:53, Marcus Better wrote:
> > Adrian Bastholm wrote:
> >> I agree with Cherife above, you need to enable BIGMEM support in kernel.
> > 
> > Are you suggesting that using a 32-bit kernel would help? I find that hard to believe.
> > 
> 32-bit != LOWMEM
> Believe it or not, Adrian is right. :-)
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Marcus
> > 
> > 
> -- 
> Rgds,
> Cherife.