Re: [SOLVED] RAM installed vs reported

[Bill Davidsen]

Thanasis wrote:
> on 12/30/2009 01:08 PM Dirk Heinrichs wrote the following:
> > Am Mittwoch 30 Dezember 2009 11:49:39 schrieb Thanasis:
> >
> > > I have a netbook (Acer Aspire One A110L) and installed a 1GB DDR2 in the
> > > available slot, for a total of 1.5GB or RAM.
> > > The BIOS reports it as 1.5GB and so does grml linux (booting from usb),
> > > but the installed gentoo linux reports only 904600 kB:
> > With more than 1G of memory, you should set CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y.
Another benefit with PAE is that you get the benefit of the nx bit being 
available to eliminate several classes to deliberate and unintentional misbehavior.

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