Found that depends on the BIOS of the hardware I'm running on; if the architecture of the BIOS permits, yes, I can. Forex, the Dell Dimension XPS200 I'm using is capped to 4GB 32-bit, 8GB 64-bit, as long as the host OS supports PAE (e.g., OpenSUSE 11.1, Kubuntu 9.04, Windows XP, et al.)
On May 7, 11:15 pm, K7AAY <[email protected]> wrote: > I am studying for Network A+ and MCSE to get those out of the way > before moving on to Linux certifications. I'm already enrolled in a > paid-for MCSE class and I want that gone and out of my life, and > preparing a lab machine to host the multiple M$ VMs with native Linux > OS seems best. > > Question: I can overcome the 4GB of RAM barrier if I install a 64-bit > OS, right? So, if I lay in 64-bit Kubuntu, 64-bit Debian, et al., then > I can have several Windows and/or Linus OS running on one > multiprocessor box, so long as the drive(s) are fast and there's > adequate RAM, correct? > > Thank you all for your kindly and on-topic responses. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
