On Thu,02.Apr.09, 01:45:33, Bret Busby wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Justin The Cynical wrote: > >> >> Daniel Suleyman wrote: >>> Dear ALL. >>> I have HP proliant DL380 G4 with 12 GB ram. >>> I want to install debian lenny on it. Orocessors are 32bit. >>> Installing debian from standard small cd debian-500-i386-netinst.iso >>> will allow me to use whole 12 GB or additional setup will be needed? >> >> If you only have a 32-bit processor, you will need to install and use >> the bigmem kernel after the initial install, which will make use of >> PAE. >> >> Search for PAE for more info if you are interested. >> >> Personally, I think you would be better off finding a 64-bit Xeon for >> that machine >> (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12028_div/12028_div.html >> lists it as an option). PAE is somewhat of a hack IMO, and there are >> known incompatibilities with some operating systems (FreeBSD, Solaris) >> and environments (desktop Windows versions). >> > > Does this mean that if we want to have a computer with 4GB or more of > RAM, that we need to get a computer with a 64 bit CPU?
(sorry for not snipping) The only "need" I can find here is: >> If you only have a 32-bit processor, you will need to install and use >> the bigmem kernel after the initial install, which will make use of >> PAE. What seems to be the problem? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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