[Leaplist] LINUX memory shortfall

[Derek Konigsberg]

You could try a 64-bit distro of Linux, if possible, and see how that 
works.  I don't know the full technical explanation off-hand, but I think 
32-bit x86 has a usable memory limit of around 3.5GB of RAM, even though a 
32-bit address space covers 4GB.  (alternatively, I believe their is an 
additional feature called PAE for accessing more memory from a 32-bit OS, 
but not sure how to enable it, or if it is even supported on your 
hardware)

-Derek

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Randy Riley wrote:

> My holiday present was 2 gig of additional memory to assist with machine
> performance for virtual OS'es. Problem is Fedora only 'sees' 3362 meg of the
> 4 gig installed (using FREE command). I checked in the BIOS and it does
> recognize 4096 meg so I am confident the memory is functioning ok.
>
> I don't get it - does anyone know why Fedora (FC6) does this? Any way to get
> it to recognize the 4 gig?
>
> TIA - Happy New Year
>
> -- 
> Randy Riley
> riley.rw at gmail.com
>

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Derek Konigsberg
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