[CentOS] died again

Mon Dec 16 17:38:46 UTC 2013
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/2013 16:35, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>> I note the absence of PAE for CentOS.
>> I've read that PAE can be important.
>
> Only if you're trying to address more than 4 GB of RAM on a 32-bit
> system.  Even then, most software doesn't take advantage of it.
>
> PAE is an old hack Intel invented in the mid 90's to ease the transition
> to 64-bit computing.  Now that 64-bit is really, finally here, it's time
> to start forgetting that PAE ever existed.

I think PAE is a required default in CentOS6 instead of an option.
CentOS5 had separate kernel versions.

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   Les Mikesell
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