[KLUG Members] debian only showing half my ram?

[Jamie McCarthy]

rick@ricksweb.info (Richard Harding) writes:

> Since I was using the beta installer I was running debian
> testing.

Huh, that's odd.  I've read things that say testing and unstable
both included highmem in their stock kernels.  Maybe they were
wrong, or out of date.

> I downlaoded the kernel source for 2.6.3 and went about trying
> to make a package out of it and install it from there. It is
> building the package now. (at least that is what I think the
> make-dpkg is doing )

Just for fun, here's my simple little script to rebuild and
install a Debian kernel.  First I make sure these packages are
installed (adjust for your version number and processor type):

kernel-doc-2.4.24
kernel-headers-2.4.24-1
kernel-headers-2.4.24-1-k7
kernel-package
kernel-source-2.4.24
linux-kernel-headers

Then I run this script and (as it says) run /sbin/lilo and reboot.
I have one patch that I apply to my stock Debian kernel source;
you may have others or none.  And I keep my .config file backed
up at /root/LATEST-KERNEL-CONFIG.

#!/bin/sh

cd /usr/src

echo '**** Unpacking kernel source (2.4.24) ****'
rm -rf kernel-source-2.4.24
tar jxf kernel-source-2.4.24.tar.bz2
chown -R root:root kernel-source-2.4.24
rm -f linux
ln -s kernel-source-2.4.24 linux

echo '**** Applying epoll patch ****'
cd /usr/src/linux
patch -p1 < ../epoll-lt-2.4.24-0.20.diff

echo '**** Moving .config file into place ****'
rm -f /usr/src/linux/.config
cat /root/LATEST-KERNEL-CONFIG > /usr/src/linux/.config

echo '**** Doing make-kpkg ****'
cd /usr/src/linux
VERSION=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`
make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --append-to-version=.$VERSION --revision=1.jamie kernel_image

echo '**** Installing kernel and its modules ****'
cd /usr/src
dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.24.${VERSION}_1.jamie_i386.deb

echo '**** Check things out, then run lilo and reboot ****'
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  Jamie McCarthy
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