On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 Hugo Mills wrote:
> Simple solution: If this is a 64-bit capable machine, use a 64-bit
> kernel.
>
> If it's a 32-bit-only machine, then you'll need a highmem-enabled
> kernel, exactly as it says in the warning message.
Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> That's down the the kernel in use. "dpkg -l |grep linux-image" might
> help here. If you are using the -486 package I think you
> want the -686 package (intel) or K7 (AMD) (assuming it's
> compatible), but you _might_ need the 2.6-686-bigmem variant
> (4-64GB).
debian:~$ dpkg -l |grep linux-image
linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13 Linux 2.6.18
image on x86
John Lewis wrote:
> It looks like the Debian stock kernels no longer have -K7 variants
> only the -686
It's 32 bit: CPU is AMD Athlon 1800+. Not the fastest thing on the
planet even when I assembled the machine (2002), but at the time
1GB was a lot of memory, and the SuSE system I started with had no
problem with it. I don't want the hassle of changing the system
just at the moment (the swap space isn't used very often), but I
will bear in mind the need for a highmem-enabled kernel for the
future. If I have to go back to SuSE, or something else other than
Debian, then so be it.
Thanks for the advice and comments, Hugo, Adrian, John.
Peter Alefounder.
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