text_combined: david c rankin vhdicqcdjjosuddenlinkmailcom sloan wrote andrei verovski aka macguru wrote hi pc box core 2 quad p35 chipset 4 gb ram 22 gb 32bit opensuse 103 kerneldefault installed strangest part open bios everything ok shows 4 gb ram however linux stock kerneldefault see 35 gb suppose need install kernelbigsmp switch 64bit version suse able use 4 gb 32bit suse machine 4 gb looks like may want bigsmp kernel vngafreeside free total used free shared buffers cached mem 4082748 3747028 335720 0 82816 3007352 bufferscache 656860 3425888 swap 4198296 8 4198288 vngafreeside uname linux freeside 2657267bigsmp 1 smp wed jun 21 105051 utc 2006 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux vngafreeside joe another 32bit suse machine 4 gb bigsmp kernel 0846 providence free tm total used free shared buffers cached mem 3041 2103 938 0 502 1059 bufferscache 541 2500 swap 1027 0 1027 total 4069 2103 1965 way explained jeff mahoney chipsets dont actually allow access full 4 gb might one philipp thomas sorry nothing physical address space per se matter pci bus precisely 32 bit pci devices need addresses 4 gib io thats limit address 32 bit pc bioses typically reserve 500 mib 1gib devices results many ram unavailable anybody remember gap 640 kib 1 mib pc reserved basic rom video bios bios systems offer option makes hidden memory available addresses beyond 4 gib threshold access memory either need pae enabled kernel ie kernel handle diffrent addressing afair 36 bit machines supporting x8664 aka amd64em64t 64 bit kernel bottom line still missing gig david c rankin jd pe rankin law firm pllc 510 ochiltree street nacogdoches texas 75961 telephone 936 7159333 facsimile 936 7159339 wwwrankinlawfirmcom thu 07 aug 2008 155252 0600 opensuse 35 gb ram rest missing