On 12/12/13 19:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 18:49 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 12/12/13 18:24, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> Ethan, still HTML, really ;)? >>> >>> On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 01:42 -0500, erosenb...@hygeiabiomedical.com >>> wrote: >>>> Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to >>>> use more than 4 GB of RAM? >>> >>> Only when you compile a 32-bit architecture kernel, then you can enable >>> it by >>> >>> echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set" >> .config >>> echo "CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y" >> .config >>> make oldconfig >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ralf >>> >>> >> >> Huh? :/ >> >> >> Which distro ships a pae kernel with highmem64G *disabled* in the >> default .config? > > I don't know? > > He was asking for CLI statements and those above are the statements, if > you download the vanilla kernel source from kernel.org and build a > 32-bit kernel, for e.g. Debian.
Bit of a fanciful context given the original question. First you have to "assume" the OP is talking about compiling, then you have to pull from vanilla, and even then you need to *disable* the default in order to later enable it - all to justify a convoluted answer to "Are there any command line statement(s) that will enable the system to use more than 4 GB of RAM?" 10 points for creativity? > > Why do so many people, with 64-bit architecture prefer 32-bit operating > systems? > > Perhaps because 64-bit gives their use case brings disadvantage but no advantages? Perhaps for other reasons. To assume that you *should* use 64-bit in all cases is incorrect. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a976fc.9060...@gmail.com