Which kernel for 4GB RAM?

ne... guhvies at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 10:59:38 UTC 2007


On 12/11/2007, Alexander Volovics <awol at home.nl> wrote:
> When installing F8.i386 on a machine with 4GB RAM which
> kernel should(can) be used (to see and use all RAM).
>
> Reading the info on the fedora wiki I get the impression that
> kernel-PAE is necessary for > 4GB RAM.
>
> But how about <= 4GB.
> Will the standard kernel also support 4GB RAM?
Do not quote me on this but I think I have read somewhere that the
standard kernel may not use or see all the RAM. Therefore I think you
should use the PAE kernel for >3GB and the normal kernel for
everything else.

ne...
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