(SOLVED) Maximum RAM recognized in KDE 2012

[Archie]

There you are ... computer literate so there are no silly questions. I have also gone through the DOS 3.x/Window 3.0 but my discovery of Linux is incomparable to what I learned from the other alternative OS and its rich variety of software applications.

Anyway, back to the topic, maximum RAM.

[NoIBnds]

"Was easier to give him the answer, then lecture him"

the rules are here to be followed and old users should know that there is a search option and it is the least you can do to solve your problem, put a little effort to try to solve it yourself by trying to investigate a little bit in a place that possibly will have the answer

i never used a rtfm reply now or before because there is no manual explaining how to make a pclinux 32 bit os work with more than 4 gbs of ram but i am 100% sure that i replied to that question this same year at least 5 times so the search rules applies and sometimes remember users to do a search is useful, in fact, remember that there are rules that must be followed and if you don't like them, you are going to have problems on this forum

T6, I didn't want to fight with you, I just was trying to make people feel more comfortable asking questions. The RTFM, no we do not have a manual, BUT we do have rules and you told him to read the rules. Same thing. The question had already been answered, so your reply was just a lecture on reading the rules, and made it sound unfriendly. This forum has always been about helping and being friendly, like a family. I know all about rules/laws and how they are enforced, there is also discretion and the way they are enforced. You are normally very friendly and helpful and we all have bad days, just didn't want him or others to feel like they couldn't ask questions. The search function here is not all that great, I know it is the software we use and not that fault of the admins or the distro. Maybe in the rule about searches, we should put in when asking a question they put in they searched and didn't find and answer. Sometimes you have to know what to search for to get an intelligent response, and that takes knowledge of the problem also. Someone just posted about and article in PC World on a review of PCLOS, then you read some of the comments and they complain about our forum being unfriendly, and I KNOW that is not true. Just made me a little more sensitive to it.

[Just17]

The forum might be better off without the quick search box ....  it is not immediately obvious that such a search is only for the forum section in which it is made and not forum-wide.

The main search makes that obvious as well as exposing other options .........

[unist]

i usually write kernel, it produces a list, in the middle of that list you will find all the kernel available

don't forget to test pae.bfs too

if you haven't changed to kernel 3.2 try also kernel 2.6.38.8 in those versions

I tried with the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 from Synaptic; in my next reboot I obtained a new entry for that kernel and now I have the 8 GB recognized in KDE PCLOS 2012.

Thank you Just18 and T6 for the hints !!!

And thanks to all participants in this thread for all your support !!!

[Just17]

i usually write kernel, it produces a list, in the middle of that list you will find all the kernel available

don't forget to test pae.bfs too

if you haven't changed to kernel 3.2 try also kernel 2.6.38.8 in those versions

I tried with the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 from Synaptic; in my next reboot I obtained a new entry for that kernel and now I have the 8 GB recognized in KDE PCLOS 2012.

Thank you Just18 and T6 for the hints !!!

And thanks to all participants in this thread for all your support !!!

There should be no need to directly select that entry ........  the main boot options always boot the last installed kernel.

[T6]

"There should be no need to directly select that entry ........  the main boot options always boot the last installed kernel"

it is possible that he installed first 3.2 and later 2.6.38 and that is why it is not the first option

[Just17]

"There should be no need to directly select that entry ........  the main boot options always boot the last installed kernel"

it is possible that he installed first 3.2 and later 2.6.38 and that is why it is not the first option

The first entries (default entries) in the menu.lst are links to the last kernel installed.

There is also a separate entry made in the list for the kernel ........  so the current kernel, whatever it is, will always have two valid entries when more than one kernel is installed.

[T6]

maybe i didn't wrote that well, the idea was install one, then another but test them in different order, having possibly 3 options, maybe 4 if he has dualboot with windows but what matters is that the kernel worked well for him now

[Just17]

maybe i didn't wrote that well, the idea was install one, then another but test them in different order, having possibly 3 options, maybe 4 if he has dualboot with windows but what matters is that the kernel worked well for him now

sorry if I misunderstood 

Yes, all should be good now 

[unist]

"There should be no need to directly select that entry ........  the main boot options always boot the last installed kernel"

it is possible that he installed first 3.2 and later 2.6.38 and that is why it is not the first option

What I saw in the boot menu is:
•   First: an entry for Windows (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Second: the original entries for Linux (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Third: two new Linux entries, the last one for the pae.bfs

I chose that last one.  Once Linux the system charged, I verified the physical RAM recognized, which was 8 GB.

My original KDE PCLOS 2012 was installed on August 8, 2012, with the current ISO at that moment. I did a full reload and update.

Initially I saw in Synaptic that the original installed kernel was 2.6.38 and that kernel 3.2 was not installed. Then I chose the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8, to install it as I said.

I changed the boot sequence configuration, moving up the last one option shown (the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 ), to the place where it was my original Linux entry.

Now I have:
•   First: an entry for Windows (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Second:  the Linux entry for the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8
•   Third: the original entries for Linux.
•   Fourth: the other of the two new Linux entries mentioned above.

I use the entry for the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 to enter in Linux.

[Old-Polack]

"There should be no need to directly select that entry ........  the main boot options always boot the last installed kernel"

it is possible that he installed first 3.2 and later 2.6.38 and that is why it is not the first option

What I saw in the boot menu is:
•   First: an entry for Windows (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Second: the original entries for Linux (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Third: two new Linux entries, the last one for the pae.bfs

I chose that last one.  Once Linux the system charged, I verified the physical RAM recognized, which was 8 GB.

My original KDE PCLOS 2012 was installed on August 8, 2012, with the current ISO at that moment. I did a full reload and update.

Initially I saw in Synaptic that the original installed kernel was 2.6.38 and that kernel 3.2 was not installed. Then I chose the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8, to install it as I said.

I changed the boot sequence configuration, moving up the last one option shown (the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 ), to the place where it was my original Linux entry.

Now I have:
•   First: an entry for Windows (which runs in separate physical HDD)
•   Second:  the Linux entry for the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8
•   Third: the original entries for Linux.
•   Fourth: the other of the two new Linux entries mentioned above.

I use the entry for the pae.bfs, kernel 2.6.38.8 to enter in Linux.

The original Linux default boot entry will now boot the pae.bfs kernel, if that was the last kernel installed.

[unist]

The original Linux default boot entry will now boot the pae.bfs kernel, if that was the last kernel installed.

Old-Polack: Confirmed, with PCLOS 2012 original boot entry I get my 8 GB RAM recognized. Thank you.

[JALU]

Was easier to give him the answer, then lecture him. He got his answer, and the post makes the next search for the answer easier. The RTFM answers make it appear we are unfriendly.

What does RTFM mean?  (I searched the forum but no joy!)

[Bald Brick]

Was easier to give him the answer, then lecture him. He got his answer, and the post makes the next search for the answer easier. The RTFM answers make it appear we are unfriendly.

What does RTFM mean?  (I searched the forum but no joy!)

"Read The Friendly Manual". Some people give the "F" a less friendly interpretation.

[JALU]

Not "Read the forum moron?"