Detecting increased RAM in Debian Sarge

[Meng Cheah]

Robert Brockway wrote:

> Look at /boot/config-2.6.8-2-386. The copy under /proc mentioned above 
> is the copy of the running kernel whereas the copy under /boot is a 
> reference allowing you to recreate a kernel with the same parameters. 
> Unless you've reconfigured and recompiled your kernel and copied the 
> new config back to this file it will be equivalent to what is running.
>
> You're running the default install kernel btw. A packaged kernel 
> designed for your architecture may well have HIGHMEM set already.
>
> Checkout the packaged kernels available here:
>
> aptitude search kernel-image
>
> Read up, keep recovery media handy, and maybe talk to us before 
> upgrading the kernel.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
uname -a
Linux <> 2.6.8-3-686 #1 Tue Dec 5 21:26:38 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

 From /boot/config-2.6.8-3-686
#
# Firmware Drivers
#
CONFIG_EDD=m
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y

Thanks again to all for the help :-)

Meng


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