kernel

Doug dmcgarrett at optonline.net
Sun Jul 14 20:03:55 UTC 2013


On 7/15/2013 2:20 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 14.07.2013 22:59, schrieb Patrick Dupre:
>>> After a fresh installation, the updater maintains:
>>>   kernel
>>> and
>>>   kernel-PAE
>>>
>>> I guess that I do not need both kernels. How can I manage it?
If you are seeing a pae kernel, you must have a 32-bit Linux installation.
If you have a 64-bit CPU (and ONLY then) you can use the pae kernel, which
will give you access to memory above the 3.6GB that a 32-bit CPU is
limited to, and so you should then use that kernel.

--doug


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