Kernel - PAE vs. non-PAE

[Steven F. LeBrun]

When I installed F11 on my Toshiba laptop, it installed the PAE version 
of the kernel.  I am assuming that my laptop has a CPU with Physical 
Address Extensions functionality and can therefore address up to 64GB of 
memory.

My laptop only has 3 GB installed.  Can anyone explain the pro's and 
con's of using the PAE version of Linux kernel instead of the non-PAE 
version?

Would the PAE version of the 32-bit Linux Kernel see 4 GB of memory if 
it was installed where Vista 32-bits only sees about 3GB?  For that 
matter would the non-PAE version see the full 4 GB?

-- 
   Steven F. LeBrun

Quote: /"There are 10 types of people in this world, those that 
understand binary and those who don't."/

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