Doesn't FC1 have a -bigmem kernel ?

Thomas Babut thomas.babut at gmx.de
Fri Dec 5 10:58:44 UTC 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Yusuf Goolamabbas
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 4:21 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Doesn't FC1 have a -bigmem kernel ?
> 
> Hi, I am not 100% sure if a -bigmem kernel is required on a 4GB RAM
> (along with 2GB swap) or would PAE extensions cause slowdown 
> on a 4GB box 
> 
> I recollect RH 7.x/8.0/9 had -bigmem kernels
> 
> Regards, Yusuf

For a machine with 4 GB RAM it's not required to run a special kernel in
Fedora. Normal i686 or athlon Kernel from Fedora does support this already.
If you have more than 4 GB RAM then you have to recompile Fedora Kernels
with "64 GB High Memory Support".

Thomas





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