Bug 698982

Summary:	Installer should use kernel-PAE on systems with 4Gig+ RAM
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	wieland <wvdijk>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, reklov, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description wieland 2011-04-22 14:01:42 UTC

Description of problem:
I got a new laptop today that has 4096k of DDR3 RAM. After I installed Rawhide I noticed that both 'free' and 'cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal' reported only ~2.3 gig of total memory. After some Google-ing, I found installing kernel-PAE fixed it for me: I now have 3,7 gig of available RAM (the rest I suppose is reserved as graphical memory).

While the solution turned out to be trivial, I would have expected the installer to detect my memory and install kernel-PAE automatically.

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How reproducible:
Tried only once

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Rawhide on an Acer Aspire 5472Z laptop computer
2. Run 'free', check /proc/meminfo, or see System Info
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Actual results:
Only ~2,3 gig of total memory reported

Expected results:
All of 4 gig of total memory reported

Additional info:
I'm sorry if this is a dupe or filed against the wrong component. I'm kinda new to Bugzilla.

Comment 1 Brian Lane 2011-04-25 18:14:55 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 524429 ***