9 Sep
2014
9 Sep
'14
2:38 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 07:47:21AM -0400, Bob Metelsky wrote:
actually this is a dell 9100 (desktop)
According to this: ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dimension_desktops/dimension-9100_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf
...under "Specifications":
Maximum memory: 4GB.
The el6 x86_64 kernel is capable of addressing 3TB (with a theoretical limit of 64TB) of RAM, according to this chart: https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-limits
So, the limit is in your hardware, not the kernel you're using.
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