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mmm.k i just oredered ram for my dell 8100 laptop; which has been running flawlessly for 3 months on xubuntu. is there any thing I should know... like when i ...
  1. 04-12-2008 #1
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    adding ram ?

    mmm.k i just oredered ram for my dell 8100 laptop; which has been running flawlessly for 3 months on xubuntu. is there any thing I should know... like when i add the ram, and boot up, is there going to be some process ? or will it just run like normal ? thanks
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    You wont have to do anything special. Your will work faster depending on size of RAM you are going to add.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    You wont have to do anything special. Your will work faster depending on size of RAM you are going to add.
    It depends on many factors.

    Depending on the arch, the configuration of your kernel, and the amount of ram, you might need to reconfigure (or not) and recompile your kernel.

    But I suppose that most binary distros usually deal ok with that without requiring any further configuration on the user's side.

    My advice is just to plug it on. Then boot, if everything goes ok and the reported amount of ram is ok, then all is fine.

    If linux can't see all your memory, then ask again here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by i92guboj View Post
    It depends on many factors.

    Depending on the arch, the configuration of your kernel, and the amount of ram, you might need to reconfigure (or not) and recompile your kernel.
    The only time I can think of when a kernel recompile would be necessary is if you're moving up to 4GB or more of RAM on a 32-bit system and want to have access to it. I doubt very seriously that this is the original poster's case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by techieMoe View Post
    The only time I can think of when a kernel recompile would be necessary is if you're moving up to 4GB or more of RAM on a 32-bit system and want to have access to it. I doubt very seriously that this is the original poster's case.
    I do as well. That's why I suggest don't bothering until he tries. But I will not say "there's no problem" if -indeed- there's a slight chance to get a problem.
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    If you use the suspend/hibernate stuff, you may have to increase your swap size. It should be at least the size of your ram, if not slightly more, for it to work properly. Else it won't be able to save the whole image of your memory.
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