[ltp] Re: Ubuntu 32 vrs 64 bit

Christoph Bier linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:44:12 +0100


Micha Feigin schrieb am 15.12.2008 16:26:

> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:35:51 +0000
> "Daniel Castro" <castromd@tcd.ie> wrote:

[...]

>> you have more than 4GHz of RAM (don't ask me why...), and that software
> 
> If you want to use more than 2GB ram that yes, you will need a 64 bit system
> (actually with appropriate kernel configuration you can make a 32bit system use
> 3GB of ram, but without kernel configuration, possible patching and
> recompilation you will only see 2GB of ram).

As Daniel uses Ubuntu he just can choose Ubuntu's server kernel that
has already enabled PAE. That's the way I address 4 GB of RAM on my
X200s with Ubuntu 8.10.

[...]

Best
Christoph
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