[Gllug] Dell M65 Precision with 4G running Debian amd64

[James Laver]

On 9 Jul 2009, at 18:16, lesleyb at herlug.org.uk wrote:

> Hi
>
> Just thought I'd query this on the list.
>
> I've installed 2x2GB on my Dell M65 Precision laptop as well as  
> upgrading to Debian Lenny amd64.
> All's going jolly well except that free reports total memory of  
> 3354352k or 3.2 GB i.e. there's a missing 0.8GB.
>
> I'm not currently desparate for that 0.8GB and I think the limit's  
> board based not distro based.
> I just wonder if anyone has any experience circumventing this limit?
> ... and getting the M65 to boot off USB?
>
> Regards
> Lesley

You are using a 32 bit linux, which only permits you to use up to  
3.2GB of memory. If you switch to a 64 bit linux, this will be fixed  
(but you may have other problems).

--James
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