[CentOS] FW: Memory Problem

Johnny Hughes johnny at centos.org
Thu Feb 21 13:16:01 UTC 2008


John R Pierce wrote:
> Van Staden, Allan wrote:
>>
>> I am sure this has been covered before, but I can find it in my archives.
>>
>> I loaded up a new server IBM x3650, 2x Intel dual core cpu’s I 
>> installed additional RAM to take it up to 7 gigs according to 
>> <http://www.centos.org/product.html#seven>CentOS 5 x86 which I am 
>> using supports up to 16gigs of RAM. Once I boot up CentOS only see’s 
>> about 3.2Gigs of Ram.
>>
> 
> with 7G of ram, I'd install x86_64

Right ... either the PAE i686 kernel or x86_64 is required.

If no (or very few) i[3.6]86 packages are needed, then I would also 
recommend x86_64.  If you have specific needs for the i386 arch then PAE.

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