Linux not reporting 1gb of ram

[Robert Meyer]

There is the distinct possibility that you may have to use the 'mem=' argument
in the boot string.  Some motherboards may not report the amount of available
memory properly and Linux tends to believe the BIOS report.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have 1gb of ram on my machine and when I cat /proc/meminfo I recieve
> this information
> 
> total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  262115328 254373888  7741440        0 38125568 158715904
> Swap: 534634496 107360256 427274240
> MemTotal:       255972 kB
> MemFree:          7560 kB
> MemShared:           0 kB
> Buffers:         37232 kB
> Cached:         119208 kB
> SwapCached:      35788 kB
> Active:         122148 kB
> Inactive:       111824 kB
> HighTotal:           0 kB
> HighFree:            0 kB
> LowTotal:       255972 kB
> LowFree:          7560 kB
> SwapTotal:      522104 kB
> SwapFree:       417260 kB
> 
> 
> Shouldnt MemTotal be around  1033936 kB? Do I need to use some kind of
> High Memory support in the kernel? FYI windoze does see 1gb of ram and
> memtest86+ doesnt report any errors with the ram and sees 1gb. Its
> been a rough day with linux and I :(
> 
> -- 
> Frank
> Shenanigans!!
> 



		
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