physical RAM restriction in Fedora 12 (32 bit and 64 bit)
Roberto Ragusa
mail at robertoragusa.it
Thu Dec 17 21:41:26 UTC 2009
Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> On 12/17/2009 12:51 PM, Mark Ryden wrote:
>> My question is:
>> 1) In Fedora 12 32 bit default installation , does the kernel knows
>> more than 3 GB of RAM ? what is the limit ?
>
> The same. It uses what the BIOS tell it is available, unless you run a
> PAE kernel. The Physical Address Extensions allow you to address the
> full amount of your RAM.
And the PAE kernel will be installed by default.
So the 32 bit Fedora could be considered without limit too.
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