Re: Linux Maximum Ram

2002-10-29 Thread mark
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 07:17:09PM +0200 or thereabouts, Teodor Georgiev wrote: > > 4GB I think. > > That was pre 2.4 kernel > > I am pretty sure it is up to 64 GB now. >From help, in xconfig: "CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM: Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems. However, the a

RE: Linux Maximum Ram

2002-10-29 Thread Rechenberg, Andrew
The maximum amount of RAM that the 2.4 kernel can map is 64GB. It is important to recognize that when you add more memory, the kernel memory map grows larger so you will not actually get 64GB of system-usable RAM. For example, my box with 8GB shows the following from a 'free' command: [root@tes

Re: Linux Maximum Ram

2002-10-29 Thread Gary
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 07:17:09PM +0200 or thereabouts, Teodor Georgiev wrote: > 4GB I think. That was pre 2.4 kernel I am pretty sure it is up to 64 GB now. -- Best regards, Gary sed '/^[when][coders]/!d /^...[discover].$/d /^..[real].[code]$/!d ' /usr/share/dict/words

Re: Linux Maximum Ram

2002-10-29 Thread Joe Giles
Cool, thanks. Now, the BIGMEM kernel can handle more, right? Maybe double that? Thanks Joe On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 10:17, Teodor Georgiev wrote: > 4GB I think. > > - Original Message - > From: "Joe Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Red Hat List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, Octob

Re: Linux Maximum Ram

2002-10-29 Thread Teodor Georgiev
4GB I think. - Original Message - From: "Joe Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Red Hat List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:14 PM Subject: Linux Maximum Ram > How much ram can the 2.4.18 kernel support(Maximum system ram)? > > Thanks > -- > Joe Giles > [EMAIL PROT