On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Simper, Brian D wrote: > > Is there a theoretical or functional maximum memory you can put in a > Linux machine? I have a server with 2GB installed but the free command > stubbornly says: > > # free > total used free shared buffers > cached > Mem: 902768 672416 230352 0 45820 > 193564 > -/+ buffers/cache: 433032 469736 > Swap: 522216 25124 497092 > > This is Red Hat Linux 9 machine with a stock kernel. Am I missing some > crucial point? Has anyone else dealt with a lower than expected > reported memory?
Your kernel doesn't have bigmem support. x86 architecture on linux supports up to 64GB. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
