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  1. 09-23-2007 #1
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    Question Suse 10.2 x64 Installation Quandary

    I'm new to the forum but have used 9.0 for about 6 months now.

    Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
    ATI Integrated Graphics and AMD690G North Bridge
    AMD Brisbane Core 64 bit.
    4 x 1 GB of Memory
    2 x 250 GB SATA Seagate HDs

    I originally had the 32-bit version running just fine on this machine but it was not recognizing anything more than 3.5 GB of RAM. So I downloaded and burned a DVD with the 64-bit version. However, the installation just hangs now at this command line...

    Loading GigaRaid Controller...
    Loading AHCI drivers...

    I'm not running a RAID, just using these drives as Native IDE.

    I've read about checking the checksum on the ISO image but I can't find it anywhere on Suse's website.

    The 32-bit version will continue to install now, but the 64-bit version won't.

    Any help greatly appreciated.
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    All in all your better off with 32 bit.

    I believe there is a way to run 4 gig under 32 bit. I'll have to hunt around. But do you really need 4 gig?? Anything over 2 gig is over kill for most Desktops. Do you plane to use it for a massive server??

    Can you turn off the Raid controller in the BIOS??
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    This looks like it

    Feature: High Memory In The Linux Kernel | KernelTrap

    Looks like it is a kernel patch or compile option.

    Note if you patch your kernel you must not allow normal updates of the kernel or you will need to patch again.
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    How to get the checksum?

    4 gigs is a bit overkill on a Linux Machine.

    I've turned off the RAID controller. Had to do it or the two SATA optical drives would not get recognized by the BIOS.

    How do I get the checksum for the DVD iso download?
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    This might be of interest seems that on a 4gig machine the 3gig is user space but the kernel reserves the top gig for its own use. Now it probably will not use all of it but the 3 gig is all for the user(s) Which is far better then Windoz 32 bit

    Virtual Memory I: the problem [LWN.net]

    Most ISO burning software should have the checksum to check against the sum published on the site you downloaded from.

    For windows Free Checksum software: Download Checksum

    in linux try cksum command
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