[K12OSN] dual Xeon and FC1

Doug Simpson simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Fri Jul 16 19:39:08 UTC 2004


Will the ysem run ok using only the 4Gig limit even with the 12Gig on 
board?  It is already ordered and there is 12Gig in it. . .

DS

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, David Huckaby wrote:

> Ram issue?
> 32 bit processors can only access 4 gigs of ram...
> but I guess there is some 'bigmem kernel' that circumvents this somehow 
> and the said kernel is somewhat unstable from reports on this list anyway...
> 
> 
> My dual xeon machine I ordered with just 4 gigs of RAM as I don't really 
> have the time between now and Aug. 9 to debug issues...I need my server 
> working pretty much outta the box with location specific configs...
> 
> --Huck
> 
> Doug Simpson wrote:
> 
> > Now you really have me worried, though!
> > 
> > My new server is coming with 12GB RAM. . .
> > 
> > I really need so info here, guys!
> > 
> > What is the RAM issue and what is the possibility of the Dual Xeons 
> > working?
> > 
> > DS
> > 
> > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Shawn Powers wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Doug Simpson wrote:
> >>
> >>>How does FC1 work with dual processors?
> >>
> >>>which flavor of linux I put on it.
> >>
> >>Doug, I'm in the same boat.  My dual-xeon servers should arrive next 
> >>week -- and I'm torn as to what I should do.  (I also have the 6GB of 
> >>RAM issue on them too, but that's another story about kernel stability...)
> >>
> >>I also have a couple quad-xeon (only 500mhz each) that I am going to use 
> >>for web/email/squid services in my DMZ.  I'm really concerned about SMP 
> >>abilities there.
> >>
> >>There's always a mixed bag of results from folks with the SMP kernels 
> >>and FC1.  Is FC2 void of that problem?  Is the suggestion still to use 
> >>K12LTSP 3.1.2 for multiprocessor machines?
> >>
> >>Sorry to dominate your thread with more questions Doug... :)
> >>-Shawn
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Doug Simpson
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