On 07/29/2011 04:54 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 29/07/11 11:06, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:38:15 -0400, BG (Bob) wrote: >> >>> This Dell DM4700 came with 2-256 mb strips, some time ago I added >>> 2-1 gb strips for a total of 2.5 gb. >>> >>> This morning I replaced the 256 mb strips with 2-2 gb for a total of >>> 6. The bios setup screen shows 6 gb but apparently Linux is only >>> using half that amount, not much of an improvement!: >> Install the kernel-PAE package, then reboot to the PAE kernel and remove >> the normal kernel package. > > That's done but "free" shows essentially the same amount of memory? > > $ free > total used free shared buffers > cached > Mem: 3095008 > > I have not yet removed the original non-PAE kernels but I am booting > to the new PAE kernel. It looks like something else is going on. > Might be something in the bios configuration that needs changing or > maybe this computer can't handle more than 4 gb? How much RAM does the BIOS say you have? > I did have, F-13 64 bit installed on it once but decided to stick > with 32 after that for simplicity, I wanted two set up the same and > the other box was 32 bit. That has been replaced so 64 is possible > if I must. 64-bit is better in almost every way. I'd go for it, myself. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
