[BlueOnyx:00389] Re: 4gb on Blueonyx

[Gerald Waugh]

Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote Monday, January 26, 2009 9:57 PM
> 
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
> > I note that the servers I config with blueonyx and have 4GB RAM
> > Are running; 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 kernel
> > And only show;
> > [root at cbw ~]# cat /proc/meminfo
> > MemTotal:      2836476 kB
> > 
> > This particular server is running a dual core E6600 processor.
> > and cat /proc/cpuinfo does show two processors running.
> > But I see the same thing on servers running Pentium 4 processors.
> > 
> > With NuOnce install cd, it appears to be correct, but has 
> an smp kernel
> > Is there a way to install an smp kernel through yum?
> > I prefer not to install kernel-xen.i686 as someone suggested.
> 
> All CentOS-5 kernels are smp enabled.
> 
> from
> http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS5#head-d70935212ce3b7b072b007
5c1807a4bd3ea175b7

> CentOS 5 provides the following kernel packages:

> kernel: Contains the 'normal' kernel. This kernel includes support for

> both UP and SMP machines.

> kernel-PAE (x86-only): Contains a kernel with support for 64GB of
memory 
> on x86 systems through Physical Address Extensions (PAE). Only x86
CPUs 
> that support PAE can run this kernel. This kernel is provided because 
> x86 systems can't address more than 4GB of memory without PAE
extensions.

> kernel-xen: Contains a Linux kernel that runs on the Xen hypervisor,
for 
> both privileged (dom0) and unprivileged (domU) domains. The Xen kernel

> is compiled with PAE support.

> Additional kernels that have some more options enabled are available 
> through the CentOSPlus repository.

Chris,

Good information.
What do you suggest to use on the machine so that it uses all RAM?

Gerald