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

[lesleyb at herlug.org.uk]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 07:29:08PM +0100, James Laver wrote:
> 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).

So amd64 isn't 64 bit?

Regards

L.
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