Hi Simon, I am pretty sure that there are kernel patches that allow 32 bit linux to address more than 4 gigs of memory (see for ex: http://lwn.net/Articles/75174/ ). Flash and such pretty much need to work for this project to be a success, since I'll be replacing fat clients where flash does work.
Thanks for your ideas, keep 'em coming, and don't hesitate to correct me if I am off-base! John On 5/30/07, Simón Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The way I understand it, 32 bit kernels have 4 GB of addressable > memory, but they need to set aside some of that to be able to use > things like PCI slots and such, so you're not actually going to HAVE 4 > Gigs of RAM available. > > If you want to use your full 8 Gigs, you'll need to use the 64-bit > kernel. On the server, you're not likely to see any of the downsides > of using 64-bit (like getting Flash and media codecs and such to > work). > > OTOH if you already knew that and DID use the 64-bit kernel, I'm flat > out of ideas. > > HTH, > > Simón > > On 5/30/07, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just installed Edubuntu 7.04 on Server running a dual opteron, dual > > core setup. The mobo is a Tyan S3992G3NR. The kernel is setup as SMP > > and all cores are recognized. My problem is that only 3 Gigs of memory > > is recognized. That seems odd to me, as I would expect problems (if > > they occurred) to start at 4G. Does anyone know if there is something > > special one has to do to enable large memory support for Ubuntu > > Feisty? > > > > The bios and MemTest86 both correctly recognize 8 Gigs. > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > -- > > edubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > > > -- > -Simón A. Ruiz > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
