tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081532.post8341782590009524994..comments2023-10-09T04:40:37.498-04:00Comments on miles wide miles deep: kernel panic when using a 2G ramdisk on a CentOS 4.4 serverCD installationjackOfAllTradeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10249242721332735657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081532.post-77231180032229151172006-11-01T14:47:00.000-05:002006-11-01T14:47:00.000-05:00So, procinfo did know about the 15 gig with the or...So, procinfo did know about the 15 gig with the original kernal? But the system still could not use it? WOW thats weird.mwcottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009521456727020522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081532.post-61545211906146098212006-10-31T21:46:00.000-05:002006-10-31T21:46:00.000-05:00it is monitored after first boot :)
'free' or /pro...it is monitored after first boot :)<br />'free' or /proc/meminfo shows 15G or so is used for cache, and it is 1.5G into swap already. Linux kernel 2.6 series takes rather agressive approach towards caching, thus it will grab any free memory. Supposedly ramdisk is dynamically growing and uses buffer cache as well, since kernel 1.3.14 or so.jackOfAllTradeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10249242721332735657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32081532.post-12202441062644289762006-10-31T14:07:00.000-05:002006-10-31T14:07:00.000-05:00Do you monitor this machine? If so did the amount ...Do you monitor this machine? If so did the amount of free memory show the 16gig as being there? if you dont monitor, why not?mwcottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009521456727020522noreply@blogger.com