[CentOS] Is X79 Motherboard supported by latest "Centos 5.9" version?

[Steve Brooks]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, SilverTip257 wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Steve Brooks <steveb at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/25/2013 03:15 PM, Steve Brooks wrote:
>>>> Ok here is the memory and kernel information it doesn't state PAE yet it
>>>> seems to recognise the 32G.
>>>>
>>>> [root at app2 ~]# uname -a
>>>> Linux app2 2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jul 10 05:31:48 EDT 2013 i686
>>>> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>> [root at app2 ~]# free
>>>>                total       used       free     shared    buffers
>> cached
>>>> Mem:       3574676     425772    3148904          0      26748
>> 266128
>>>> -/+ buffers/cache:     132896    3441780
>>>> Swap:      4192924          0    4192924
>>>> [root at app2 ~]#  cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal
>>>> MemTotal:      3574676 kB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MemTotal:      3574676 kB = > MemTotal: 3,574,676 kB = 3.4GB, not 32GB
>>
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>
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>> [2] I am still confused how given the kernel reports as being
>>
>>      2.6.18-348.12.1.el5 #1 SMP
>>
>>      and not a PAE kernel.. Why am I seeing
>>
>>       MemTotal:      3574676 kB
>>
>
> free just outputs in kilobytes unless you pass it options.
>
> So you're only looking at 3.5 GB of memory with a non-PAE kernel in CentOS
> 5 based on your numbers.  Go PAE and you'll be able to utilize the 32GB of
> RAM.
>
> # Megabytes
> free -m
>
> # Gigabytes
> free -g
>
> # any others options:
> man free

Doh.. thanks Mike .. consequence of working through the night I expect! Ok 
now just to decide if it is safe to run "centos 5" on the x79 motherboard.