[olug] Memory recognized (in)correctly?

[Eric P]

Christopher Cashell wrote:
> At Fri, 24 Jun 05, Unidentified Flying Banana Eric P, said:
> 
>>So... ah... do I need to compile myself a kernel w/said Hi Mem support? 
>> I'm running Deg Sarge, and have <sweat_drip>never compiled a 
>>kernel</sweat_drip>.
> 
> You're in luck.  Debian makes it pretty easy and painless to compile a
> custom kernel (and manage it as a Debian package).
> 
> I'd suggest starting here, for a couple of good tutorials:
> 
> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
> http://www.osnews.com/printer.php?news_id=2949
> 
> If you need to add nVidia support, here's a very good tutorial on that:
> 
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html
> 
> I believe the latest Debian packaged kernel source is:
> 
> kernel-source-2.6.11
> 
> Just make sure you have necessary hardware support included.  It takes a
> little time, but honestly, it's not *that* hard to compile your own
> kernel.
> 
Excellent!  Thanks for the links.  I'll give it a shot.

Eric P