[BlueOnyx:07625] Re: How do I enable the extra 4gb of memory I have......

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> Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2011 19:54
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> Subject: [RBL] [BlueOnyx:07624] Re: How do I enable the extra 
> 4gb of memoryI have......
> 
> Support wrote:
> > I have installed the PAE kernel with;
> > 
> > yum install kernel-PAE
> > 
> > ... and then I edited /boot/grub/grub.conf and set;
> > 
> > default=0
> > timeout=5
> > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE ro 
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE.img
> > title CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 ro 
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.img
> > title CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 ro 
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.img
> > 
> > But I see;
> > 
> > Kernel Version	2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE (SMP)
> > 
> > In Hardware Information and in 'free' I see;
> > 
> >              total       used       free     shared    
> buffers     cached
> > Mem:       4086620     288768    3797852          0      
> 18996     152596
> > -/+ buffers/cache:     117176    3969444
> > Swap:      4194296          0    4194296
> > 
> > ... so I assume that I have only 4GB memory used.
> > 
> > Not sure what to do next, does anyone have any suggestions?
> > 
> > Oh and the hardware: DL360G4 with 8GB memory and dual 3.4 
> processors.
> > 
> 
> reboot
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gerald
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> 

Sorry, forgot to write that I had rebooted - otherwise I would have still
been on the standard kernel not the PAE one as it shows I am now.

Tony