Mandriva with more than 1gb of RAM? Compile your own kernel.
LinuxI just realized, after a few days of using Mandriva 2007, that my system was only recognizing 1GB of memory (I have two 1GB sticks).
First thought...Oh no, my memory is failing!~ A quick check in BIOS and a mem check, all is well. Next guess. The kernel used for Mandriva 2007 doesn't support high amounts of RAM. Well, looks like that was the ticket.
Now, if you are a 2006 user there is a kernel available in the repo's that will support up to 4gb of RAM, but no such luck for 2007 users.
So, if you want to compile your own kernel (I think you should!) this is the method I used....
First, get the latest kernel from www.Kernel.org (I used 2.6.19.2 ). (note: I did this all as 'root')
just to be safe, remove any possibility of there being some left over info from a previous compilation and any default config info
copy your current config over, so the new kernel will be match your current settings (notie the config was for my specific kernel...be sure to check your /boot directory for your own config name)
under Processor Type and Features, look for the High Memory Support and select the appropriate level.
now you can just tab to exit, and then save the configuration.
run the following and you should be good to go
NOTES:
I had to urpmi ncurses-devel in order to start the menuconfig. If you run in to errors try installing that package.
I lost the cool bootsplash stuff, but I'm sure it shouldn't be a big deal to add later. If I ever get around to that, I will add that in a later post.
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