Re: Need help in creating 8GB RAMDISK

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 02:25:23AM -0700, Fawad Lateef wrote:
> I am creating a RAMDISK of 7GB (from 1GB to 8GB). I
> reserved the RAM by changing the code in
> arch/i386/mm/init.c .......... 
> But I am not able to access the RAM from 1GB to 8GB in
> a kernel module ........ after crossing the 4GB RAM,
> the system goes into standby state. But if I insert
> the same module 2 times means one for 1GB to 4GB and
> other for 4GB to 8GB. and mount them seprately both
> works fine ............ 
> Can any one tell me the reason behind this ??? I think
> that in a single module we can't access more than 4GB
> RAM ...... If this is the reason then what to do ??? I
> need 7GB RAMDISK as a single drive ....

The state of affairs here is too sad to describe. You are going to
have to find some other way to do what you're trying to do.


-- wli
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