Memory size in 9.04

[Derek Broughton]

Markus Schönhaber wrote:

> Derek Broughton:
> 
>> It's a bit harder than that - I went that road, and still only see 3GB.
>> This 4GB 32-bit machine has only ever had a -server kernel.
> 
> It's similar here. On my Thinkpad T60 I can only use 3 GB of the 4 GB
> RAM that is installed - although I'm running 64bit Jaunty.
> In my case this is due to a limitation of the Intel 945 chipset this
> machine uses.

The thread got me looking, and that seems to be the case (if I have 
understood properly, it's actually that the on-board video's use of main RAM 
prevents the proper remapping of high memory, but I could be wrong), but 
there must be _some_ way around this.  I'll be damned if I'll let some 
teenage Best-Buy sales-weenie, who told me I wouldn't be able to use all 4GB 
of this machine's memory, be right!
-- 
derek