What you are describing is the default behavior for the default kernel. There is an option when you re-compile the kernel to allow it to address 1 GB of memory or more. If you were running the newer versions of Mandrake (ie, 8.1), you could simply install the kernel-enterprise rpm. With 7.1, you'll have to recompile.
Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 08:43 AM 12/05/2001 -0600, you wrote: >I have a 1000 MHz PIII box running Mandrake 7.1, all stock (no kernel >recompiles or other stuff), with 1024 MB of RAM & 2048 MB of swap space >in a swap partition. I am having problems running jobs (processes) which >want to use large fractions of the RAM (perhaps over 100 %, i.e. more >than 1024 MB of RAM). Is there a limit on the size of addressable memory >in this version of Linux ? Is there a per-process memory limit ? If so, >what are the limits ? Thanks in advance. > > Bill Mahaffey > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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