Yes, but most stock kernels support up to 4GB, which is still more than 2GB
this guy's using...

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From: "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
>
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