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Bret, I appreciate it! I believe that is indeed the issue...the batter was acting up on the system, and it lost some bios settings for the raid controller as well... --ron On Jan 7, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Bret wrote: > The bios on Dell 1850 has a OS install setting which > can cause this. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: redhat-install-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >> Rick Stevens >> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:43 PM >> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux >> Subject: Re: System Only Recognizing 256 MB Ram >> >> On 01/07/2010 03:04 PM, Ronald Mccarty wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> Hope someone can give me some help here... >>> >>> I have a Dell 1850 with 4 X 1 GB memory sticks that the >> linux kernel is only recognizing 256 MB...well actually 249 >> it's reporting: >>> >>> [root@asvhyp1 proc]# free -m >>> total used free shared >> buffers cached >>> Mem: 249 98 150 0 >> 8 64 >>> -/+ buffers/cache: 24 224 >>> Swap: 2047 0 2047 >>> >>> >>> I originally thought it was a Xen / Kernel issue; however, >> booting the >>> system to a non zen kernel reports the same issue. (dmesg is >>> reporting 256 MB low mem, and no high) >>> >>> It seems like I saw something years ago when getting 32-bit >> systems to see 4 GB was more magic than science, but I'm stumped. >>> >>> The Dell BIOS is showing the 4 GB. >>> >>> If you don't have any insight, maybe some tips on helpful >> commands would be useful. >> >> We need to know what RHEL version you're running. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - >> - - >> - If Windows isn't a virus, then it sure as hell is a carrier! - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Redhat-install-list mailing list >> Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list >> To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: >> redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-install-list mailing list > Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list > To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: > redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: unsubscribe