I have a intel core 2 computer with 4gb of ram.
I have installed the puppy 5.20 (frugal) but
it recognizes only the 2gb of ram.
Does anybody know what do i have to do in order the
puppy to recognize and the rest of the ram (4gb in total)
Thanks
Kostas
Ram memory more than 2GB - puppy 5.20
Are you sure it's only recognizing 2GB of the RAM? Open a terminal (using rxvt, or whatever other terminal program you might prefer), and enter "free" (without the quotes). That should give you a listing of the memory usage (actual and swap, if you have a swap file/partition active).
If you're using the indicator in the taskbar as a reference to how much RAM you have available, it's only a reference to the RAM when you're running as a LiveCD/from RAM only. If you're running from a frugal setup, it shows how much space you have free in your pupsave file. Full setups should show the free space on the drive, I believe.
Note that with 32-bit OSes, there is generally a limitation to how much RAM they can 'see' and use - but that limit's closer to 3.5 GB.
If you're using the indicator in the taskbar as a reference to how much RAM you have available, it's only a reference to the RAM when you're running as a LiveCD/from RAM only. If you're running from a frugal setup, it shows how much space you have free in your pupsave file. Full setups should show the free space on the drive, I believe.
Note that with 32-bit OSes, there is generally a limitation to how much RAM they can 'see' and use - but that limit's closer to 3.5 GB.
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Ram memory more than 2GB - puppy 5.20
Yes i am sure, I have used the free command and the
hardinfo tool from the menu and the result is 2gb of ram
Any ideas
thanks, kostas
hardinfo tool from the menu and the result is 2gb of ram
Any ideas
thanks, kostas
I also have 4 GB of RAM, yet, though the BIOS reports the correct amount, both Linux and Windows report that there is only about 3.3 GB total RAM.
Puppy 5.2 uses a 32 bit kernel. This means the kernel can theoretically address, and therefore should be able to "see," 2^32 or a little more than 4 GB of memory (RAM). For some reason that's never been clear to me, apparently neither 32 bit Linux or 32 bit Windows can actually "see" more than about 3.3 GB of RAM.
Puppy 5.2 uses a 32 bit kernel. This means the kernel can theoretically address, and therefore should be able to "see," 2^32 or a little more than 4 GB of memory (RAM). For some reason that's never been clear to me, apparently neither 32 bit Linux or 32 bit Windows can actually "see" more than about 3.3 GB of RAM.