[Gllug] How much system memory do I have?

[ryan-ir at hai.fi]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:43:27AM +0100, damion.yates at gmail.com wrote:
> On Thu, 7 May 2009, John Winters wrote:
> > [snip report of different OSs seeing different amounts of RAM]
  
> >    If you're running a 32-bit operating system then you will find that
> > the OS is restricted to anywhere between 3 and 3.5 Gigs.
> 
> I'm pretty sure this can be fixed by compiling in PAE
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
> 
> It's just a single option in the kernel config.  However this means
> you're running your own kernel, even if it's built via whatever src
> deb/rpm technique you use rather than a plain tar extract build process,
> you'll always have to remember that you've diverted from the path of
> least resistance.
> 
> You /might/ find your dist has a -pae version of the kernel package.
> 
> You're much more likely to find that 3GB is fine and not worth the
> effort faffing around compared to...

Thanks for that tip. I shall look into it.

t. ir
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