Bug 698982 - Installer should use kernel-PAE on systems with 4Gig+ RAM
Summary: Installer should use kernel-PAE on systems with 4Gig+ RAM
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 524429
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-22 14:01 UTC by wieland
Modified: 2011-04-25 18:14 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-04-25 18:14:55 UTC
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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 ***
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