[rhelv6-list] RHEL6 x86 on system with 4 GB memory

[Ben]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Jonathan M. Polom wrote:

> I have Red Hat 6 x86 installed on a Pentium 4 system with 4 GB system 
> memory. Although the default kernel has PAE capability (no modules in 
> lsmod but it's a requirement for the x86 variant so it's likely compiled 
> in) it claims total system memory is about 3.3GB (via top or gnome 
> performance monitor). How do you get RHEL6 to see >= 4GB memory? Is it a 
> kernel argument or something else?

Does the system have an onboard graphics subsystem which might be snaffling 
some of your system RAM?

Ben
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