FC3 max memory

[Rick Stevens]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Alexander Lazarevich wrote:
> 
>>[root at blah root]# uname -a
>>Linux blah 2.6.10-1.741_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Jan 13 16:58:29 EST 2005 x86_64
>>x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> A certain amount of "x86-64" there!
> 
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>If you look at the "/boot/config-`uname -r`" file, you can see which
>>memory model you have.  The default one for FC3 on an i686 is 4GB:
> 
> 
> ... and gave lots more good advice. But for 32 bit computing, not 64 bit
> computing.
> 
> Which is not to say that experimenting with 32 bits (to check what's
> going wrong) might not be needed in this case.

Erp!  Sorry!  I didn't notice the "x86_64" in the header.  I haven't
run an Opteron >4GB yet.  I'm expecting a dual proc Opteron with 8GB
in the next few weeks.
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