[ltp] Re: The mystery of missing RAM

[Daniel Pittman]

"David A. Desrosiers" <desrod@gnu-designs.com> writes:

> Today I received the RAM upgrades for my two new Thinkpads
> (T61p/X61s).  I popped the RAM into both (the T61p was significantly
> harder and required disassembling the keyboard bezel).

They are a pain, are they not.

> The problem is that the T61p only recognizes 3,033M or 3,043M of RAM,
> even when I force 4096M in the grub configuration.

You need a 64-bit or (presumably, since I only tested the first) PAE
platform.  I have a T61p with:

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3985488    1918900    2066588          0        508    1351152
-/+ buffers/cache:     567240    3418248
Swap:      6291448          0    6291448

All 4GB available and accounted for.

[...]

> Where is 1,063M or 1,053M of my new RAM going? I could certainly use
> it.

Lossage on the 32-bit platform.  Try the "server", "big iron" or a 64
bit kernel and you should be happier.

Regards,
        Daniel