From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hardware - memory problem
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:43:42 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rre63e$nl0$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 09db8073-1d5b-bbd0-1ba9-f41967709d8b@sys-concept.com
On 2020-12-16, thelma@sys-concept.com <thelma@sys-concept.com> wrote:
> On 12/16/2020 03:51 PM, antlists wrote:
>> Or is this a 32-bit system WITHOUT extended memory support?
>>
>> I don't properly understand it, but with a 32-bit system the kernel uses
>> 1GB of memory and user-space uses the other 3GB. Extended memory support
>> means each process can have its own 3GB space which enables you to use
>> all available memory, but without it I think the entire system is stuck
>> in the first 4GB.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Wol
>
> Hm..., did I use wrong stage?
>
> stage3-i686-20201116T214503Z.tar.xz
>
> AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor
Yes, that is the wrong stage3. It's for 32-bit processors. You want a
64-bit amd64 one. You're also running a 32-bit kernel instead of a
64-bit one.
If I were you, I'd start over from scratch.
--
Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-16 23:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-16 22:22 [gentoo-user] hardware - memory problem thelma
2020-12-16 22:29 ` Mark Knecht
2020-12-16 22:34 ` Mark Knecht
2020-12-16 22:46 ` thelma
2020-12-16 23:01 ` Mark Knecht
2020-12-16 23:14 ` thelma
2020-12-16 23:26 ` Mark Knecht
2020-12-16 23:39 ` Manuel McLure
2020-12-16 22:51 ` antlists
2020-12-16 23:12 ` thelma
2020-12-16 23:43 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2020-12-16 23:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-12-17 4:03 ` [gentoo-user] " bobwxc
2020-12-16 22:46 ` Manuel McLure
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