Hi again, > 2.0.x maxes out at 2^30-2^26 = 1006632960 bytes, or 960MB, of RAM. > > Thus, you'll wanna use "mem=960M". > > You can also adjust some headers (I forget which) to expand the kernel > memory / virtual memory split (it is adjustable, and it defaults to 1GB/3GB).
Can the 2.1/2.2 kernels handle a gigabyte of memory? Also, I remember reading somewhere that the 2.1/2.2 kernels can handle swap partitions greater than 128MB. Is this also true? Sorry guys, I guess I should be asking this on debian-user. -Ossama