[before someone starts shooting me...] me wrote: > i386 is limited to 4G of memory.
In reality, of course, it's 4G of address space... which is not exclusively devoted to main memory. But, while that observation does suggest a theoretical, partial work-around (reducing the amount of address space taken up by other devices), it likely won't help OP much. --zeurkous. -- Friggin' Machines!