The 'stock' Redhat kernel suports no more than 1GB. SuSE kernels might support more. Redhat includes a 'bigmem' kernel which supports 16GB.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Matthew Carpenter wrote: > 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 > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
