Matt,
On 27 August 2010 16:26, Matt <lm7812@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a box running CentOS 5.x 32 bit. I noticed these kernels are installed.
>
> [root@ns1 log]# rpm -qa |grep kern |sort
> kernel-2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
> kernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
These are stock kernel.
If you had these, you'd have PAE kernels:
kernel-PAE.i686 : The Linux kernel compiled for PAE capable machines.
kernel-PAE-devel.i686 : Development package for building kernel
modules to match the PAE kernel.
> kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
> kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
> kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
These are just headers and shouldn't do any harm.
Name : kernel-PAE-devel
Arch : i686
Version : 2.6.18
Release : 194.11.1.el5
Size : 5.4 M
Repo : updates
Summary : Development package for building kernel modules to match
the PAE kernel.
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : GPLv2
Description: This package provides kernel headers and makefiles
sufficient to build modules
: against the PAE kernel package.
And this is the PAE kernel info (all from yum info)
Name : kernel-PAE
Arch : i686
Version : 2.6.18
Release : 194.11.1.el5
Size : 17 M
Repo : updates
Summary : The Linux kernel compiled for PAE capable machines.
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : GPLv2
Description: This package includes a version of the Linux kernel with
support for up to
: 16GB of high memory. It requires a CPU with Physical
Address Extensions (PAE).
: The non-PAE kernel can only address up to 4GB of memory.
: Install the kernel-PAE package if your machine has more
than 4GB of memory.
--
Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org
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