"Orlando Andico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > if you're using 16GB RAM on a 32-bit machine.... that was a pretty bad > idea. > > with a 64-bit machine no need for crap like hugemem and bounce > buffers. i cannot understand why people still buy 32-bit Xeon boxes > with such huge amounts of memory when Opteron boxes cost the same or > even less.
Yes, although I'd love to have a 32-bit rig with that huge amount of RAM, there be dragons, especially if you're trying out Xen images that expect no-PAE support in the kernel, only to be undone with 32-bit's hugemem and 64-bit addresses in the kernel. If I had such a machine, I'd rather just play games on it, or set it up as an MMO server with hundreds of bots... Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
