[olug] Memory recognized (in)correctly?

[Brandon Lederer]

 Just don't delete / overwrite your current working kernel and you can always 
always go back and do it again if the new kernel doesn't work.
 
On Saturday 25 June 2005 10:42 am, Eric P wrote:
> 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
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