-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a >>>special kernel? Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM? >>> >> >>The default is the 386 kernel. After install, apt-get the 686 version. > > No, don't. Compile your own kernel that has the 4GB_RAM support > enabled. None of the packaged Debian kernels have it. Without it you > will only get access to about 900 MB.
Roberto, your remark "None of the packaged Debian kernels have it" is incorrect. The 2.6 series i686 kernels already have support above 1GB. At least, the most recent Sarge 2.6 kernel does. Dave. - -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDDMbjnhBnac0o2pIRAuHDAKCUVQyN3Dq2Y44ZrIzDzHFJoVL8ZgCg86oq HqmzaLq5C3UAmxgEmA7bpRo= =QQwJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
