please recommend kernel options for me

niels.horn · 04-28-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by joutlancpa

I DID select the 64gig memory option....but, in 32 bit that means it can just see it, but not use it, right?

You can use it as well.

I only have 4GB in my machine, but have seen setups with 6GB and 8GB of memory on 32-bit Slackware.
Linux uses a type of 'paging' to access the memory above 4GB, called PAE.

This article gives an "introduction"...

joutlancpa · 04-28-2009, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niels.horn

You can use it as well.

I only have 4GB in my machine, but have seen setups with 6GB and 8GB of memory on 32-bit Slackware.
Linux uses a type of 'paging' to access the memory above 4GB, called PAE.

This article gives an "introduction"...

Cool...I read that article...thanks