Yes, but most stock kernels support up to 4GB, which is still more than 2GB this guy's using...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Re: Maximum Memory in Linux > On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Simper, Brian D wrote: > > > > Is there a theoretical or functional maximum memory you can put in a > > Linux machine? I have a server with 2GB installed but the free command > > stubbornly says: > > > > # free > > total used free shared buffers > > cached > > Mem: 902768 672416 230352 0 45820 > > 193564 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 433032 469736 > > Swap: 522216 25124 497092 > > > > This is Red Hat Linux 9 machine with a stock kernel. Am I missing some > > crucial point? Has anyone else dealt with a lower than expected > > reported memory? > > Your kernel doesn't have bigmem support. x86 architecture on linux > supports up to 64GB. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
