Kernels (newbie)

[Bob Nielsen]

Looking (grep HIGHMEM /boot/config-*) at the stock Ubuntu kernels I have
installed, 2.6.8.1-5-386 does not have HIGHMEM enabled, while
2.6.11-1-k7 does. 

Bob

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:55:16AM -0600, Nitebirdz wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 12:33:12PM -0500, Matthew S-H wrote:
> > I keep hearing on this list about changing the kernel that I have 
> > installed.  For example, there was a recent thread about raising memory 
> > usage above 860MB by installing a different kernel that supports it. 
> > What does this all mean?  What are thee different kernels available?  
> > Which one would be the best for normal personal use?  etc, etc 
> > 
> 
> Either install a new binary kernel using Synaptic, for example, or
> download the kernel source using the same tool and recompile it
> yourself.  I did a quick search for a binary kernel with himem and
> couldn't find one easily enough (well, at least I didn't see a package
> with the "himem" or "highmem" string in the name).  The document someone
> linked to contains information about exactly what parameter to enable in
> in the kernel when you do 'make menuconfig' or 'make xconfig':
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_Linux_Memory_Management#The_mysterious_880_MB_limit_on_x86
> 
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