Re: Physical memory versus detected memory 2.4.7-10

[Ken Brownfield]

Well, I don't know about that specific machine, but HP LP6000 boxes
reserve 700MB (!) for PCI hot-plug support.  So my 4GB boxes are
actually 3.3GB boxes.  Can't override it, says HP.  They wouldn't refund
70% of the price of a 1GB stick, either. ;)

I suspect what you're seeing is along the same lines; perhaps PCI
hotplug or some other reservation that may be tweakable in the PowerEdge
BIOS.  Dell may or may not be able to help.

FWIW; good luck,
-- 
Ken.
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 12:05:10PM +1100, ivan wrote:
| 
| Dear list users.
| 
| My server detects less memory than it available. 
| 
| 	Available memory according to the BIOS 4049MB.
| 
| 	System sees only 3.7GB ???
| 	Mem:  3799580K av, 1606816K used, 2192764K free, 468K shrd, 376972K buff
| 	Swap: 8192992K av, 0K used, 8192992K free 1037532K cached
| 
| 
| OS RedHat 2.7 standard kernel.
| 	Linux atlas.es.usyd.edu.au 2.4.7-10smp #1 SMP Mon Dec 10 13:08:57 EST 2001 i686 unknown
| 
| Hardware PowerEdge 4400. 
| 	( supports 4GB )
| 
| Additional problem:  
| 	random crushes, trying to to find out why.
| 
| Questions : 	1) Any comments on why top only shows 3.7 Gb are welcome.
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| 
| Thank you.
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| Ivan Teliatnikov,
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| Department of Geology and Geophysics,
| School of Geosciences,
| University of Sydney, 2006
| Australia
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