Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Christian Groessler
On 12/12/13 08:32, Jean-Marc wrote: Like PailNM said, not implemented in Microsoft O/S. How come, everyone is thinking so? Of course, it's implemented. regards, chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:49 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread PaulNM
On 12/12/2013 02:49 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: Which distro ships a pae kernel with highmem64G *disabled* in the default .config? I can confirm both kernels on my up-to-date Debian Wheezy 32-bit install have it enabled. linux-image-3.2.0-4-486 linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae I'm pretty sure

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread PaulNM
On 12/12/2013 02:41 AM, Christian Groessler wrote: On 12/12/13 08:32, Jean-Marc wrote: Like PailNM said, not implemented in Microsoft O/S. How come, everyone is thinking so? Of course, it's implemented. regards, chris Check this:

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 03:29 -0500, PaulNM wrote: All Microsoft 32-bit consumer OS's are limited to 4GB RAM, if not less. IIRC 3.75 GiB, we already made the mistake and used the term GB instead of GiB ;). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 19:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:49 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Are there any command line statement(s) that will

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 19:42 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: I wrote: Why do so many people, with 64-bit architecture prefer 32-bit operating systems? Perhaps because 64-bit gives their use case brings disadvantage but no advantages? Perhaps for other reasons. To assume that you *should*

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread PaulNM
On 12/12/2013 03:36 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 03:29 -0500, PaulNM wrote: All Microsoft 32-bit consumer OS's are limited to 4GB RAM, if not less. IIRC 3.75 GiB, we already made the mistake and used the term GB instead of GiB ;). Well. Whether GB instead of GiB is

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/12/2013 2:42 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: Perhaps because 64-bit gives their use case brings disadvantage but no advantages? Perhaps for other reasons. To assume that you *should* use 64-bit in all cases is incorrect. There are old 32 bit PAE only machines around with plenty of capability

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread Doug
On 12/12/2013 03:24 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:49 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Are there any command line statement(s) that

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread David Guntner
PaulNM grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/12/2013 02:11 AM, David Guntner wrote: Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Dear List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-12 Thread David Guntner
Jean-Marc grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:11:58 -0800 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address more than 4G of memory. What am I missing here? Some more infos about PAE (Physical Address Extension):

Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread erosenberg
Dear  List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? TIA Ethan

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Dear List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? 64GB Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? n/a TIA Ethan Kind

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread David Guntner
Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Dear List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? 64GB Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address more than 4G

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? Only when you compile a 32-bit architecture kernel, then you can enable it by echo

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread PaulNM
On 12/12/2013 02:11 AM, David Guntner wrote: Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Dear List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? 64GB Really? As I understand it, a 32

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 23:11 -0800, David Guntner wrote: On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: pae kernel This ^ What am I missing here? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Jean-Marc
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:11:58 -0800 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address more than 4G of memory. What am I missing here? Some more infos about PAE (Physical Address Extension):

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Bob Proulx
David Guntner wrote: Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? 64GB Really? As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address more than 4G

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 18:11, David Guntner wrote: Scott Ferguson grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 12/12/13 17:42, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Dear List - I am running 32 bit sid with a pae kernel. What is the maximum RAM that can be used? 64GB Really? Yes. Really. With few

Re: Maximum RAM

2013-12-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com wrote: Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM? Only when you compile a 32-bit architecture