[CentOS] max RAM support on CENTOS 4.3 (32 bits) ???

Tue Apr 3 20:19:29 UTC 2007
R Lists06 <lists06 at abbacomm.net>

> Antonio wrote:
>   jumping in this thread, I have a glitch with CentOS 4.4 and on a 4Gb
> system.
>   it's a HP Proliant DL-380G4, take a look:
> 
> [shadow at Barcelona ~]$ uname -a
> Linux Barcelona.uem.br 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 09:40:21 EST
> 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [shadow at Barcelona ~]$ free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       3980132    3520928     459204          0     349764     670916
> -/+ buffers/cache:    2500248    1479884
> Swap:      8385920        160    8385760
> [shadow at Barcelona ~]$
> 
>   and on a SuperMicro mobo (i586) with 4Gb we have:
> 
> [shadow at Sakhir ~]$ uname -a
> Linux Sakhir.uem.br 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 10:11:19 EST
> 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> [shadow at Sakhir ~]$ free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       4152000    4088104      63896          0     262452    1540648
> -/+ buffers/cache:    2285004    1866996
> Swap:      2104504        132    2104372
> 
> 
>   Well, a x86_64 install can't find the 4Gb and a i586 install can. Ok,
> it's on
> different hardware, but it shows that CentOS 4.4 can address the 4Gb
> withou problem.
> And we had SLES9 on the same DL-380 hardware and it shows the 4Gb RAM...
> 
>   Somebody can point me a direction to my lost 150Mb ??
> 
>   Thanks,
>         Antonio.

Antonio

It would appear to me that you would have a little variance based upon
machine hardware and BIOS settings and such... yet that amount seems a tad
large depending on the hardware etc correct?

 - rh

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