On 06/19/12 4:13 PM, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > From: Joseph L. Casale Sent: June 19, 2012 15:52 >>> > > title CentOS (2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686) >>> > > root (hd0,0) >>> > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686 ro [SNIP] >>> > > initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.i686.img >>> > > mem=26624M >> > >> >Do i read that right? 26g of ram and you're using a non PAE >> >x86 kernel? > It was my understanding that PAE is now built into the standard kernel > but I will check on this further. If I recall correctly, PAE is limited to 16GB because the page tables are obscenely huge for more than that, and use over a gigabyte of the 32bit kernel space -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast