On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 03:32:23PM +0530, pavan wrote: > While i was reading manual for gsx server i found following: > > Recompile the kernel as a 2GB kernel by enabling the CONFIG_2GB option and > either pass the boot-time switch mem=1983M at the LILO prompt or add it to > lilo.conf > > what does this mean by 2GB kernel? It means that particular kernel supports 2GB of RAM. You can plug in more RAM, but the kernel will not use it. > i have 2.4.29 kernel for mandrake?does it not support 2GB RAM?do i need > to make extra settings for kernel. All distros I know have a package with a "4GB", "bigmem", or "hugemen" kernel. It's just that those kernels are inefficient on hardware without such amount of memory. Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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