From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5FF91382C5 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:43:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5709CE0A5D; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:43:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F731E0A49 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kpgSR-000AOM-3z for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:43:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hardware - memory problem Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:43:42 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <8f1df618-9de7-0c51-7437-ab77bb8eab48@sys-concept.com> <09db8073-1d5b-bbd0-1ba9-f41967709d8b@sys-concept.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: a79010bd-4e2f-4372-93fe-5779c8492961 X-Archives-Hash: 5338319a9aa2e2046728883e0d806125 On 2020-12-16, 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