Re: memory

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:05:43 +0100 (BST)

> How much RAM is linux supposed to be able to handle? I was trying to
> run 2.1.91 on a x86-box with 2GB RAM, and it crashed (rebooted)

You need to tune a couple of things to go to 2Gig. Going higher is tricky

> Are there any plans to support 4GB RAM (on x86)? And/or more than 4GB?
> I've been told the architecture supports 64GB maximum.

Sort of. It doesnt sanely support process vm + physical memory size > 4Gig

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