warning RAM

[Dennis Veatch]

On Monday 02 June 2003 05:52 pm, David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:52:27 -0400
>
> Dennis Veatch <dveatch at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 02 June 2003 04:34 pm, Vern W Heesch wrote:
> > > Not sure if this applies to your distro, but in Mandrake there are 2
> > > different kernals and the enterprise is required for that much ram.
> > > Just a thought.
> >
> > Not exactly, what you are thinking about is the kernel ability to use
> > 3G or more. Which is an option that can be set when compiling the
> > kernel. I have successfully used 1G on the standard ML9.1 distro. Mobo
> > depent. You may have to append the memory size in grub or lilo.
>
> OK, let?s clear the air about this now.
>
> The "standard" kernel will allow you to use up to 1Gb of memory.
> If you have 1Gb-4Gb, you need to select the 4Gb memory model when
> building your kernel.
> If you have 4Gb or more, you need the 64Gb (max RAM supported on ia32)
> option.  The numbers are max memory, not minimum.
>
> I know this because I?ve seen it on systems w/ 3Gb and 8Gb of memory.
> It?s all in the Documentation (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/...).
>
> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel

Yes thats right. I should have been more clearer.

-- 
Registered Linux user 193414
http://counter.li.org

Don't be afraid to try something. Remember that amateurs built the ark and 
professionals built the Titanic.