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Re: Maximum RAM



Jean-Marc grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:11:58 -0800
> David Guntner <david@guntner.com> wrote:
>>
>> Really?  As I understand it, a 32-bit operating system cannot address
>> more than 4G of memory.
>>
>> What am I missing here?
> 
> Some more infos about PAE (Physical Address Extension):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

Yup, found it. :-)  Thanks.

> To be checked in /proc/cpuinfo, search for pae in your CPU flags.

Sure enough, it's there, even in my oldish hardware setup being used for
my Linux server.  I really need to update.... <grin>

                --Dave



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