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userdoc:faq [2015/12/20 16:38] abelbeck [Only up to 3 GB RAM is recognized] |
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For 64-bit (x86_64) Linux, the maximum addressable RAM is only limited by your hardware, so you would expect to see about 4 GB with 4 GB RAM installed, but with the AstLinux system, the bootloader is RUNNIX (a 32-bit, non-PAE enabled Linux Kernel) which is common across all AstLinux board types. | For 64-bit (x86_64) Linux, the maximum addressable RAM is only limited by your hardware, so you would expect to see about 4 GB with 4 GB RAM installed, but with the AstLinux system, the bootloader is RUNNIX (a 32-bit, non-PAE enabled Linux Kernel) which is common across all AstLinux board types. | ||
- | The AstLinux developers have demonstrated that if the RUNNIX bootloader was compiled with a 32-bit, PAE enabled Linux Kernel, the " | + | The AstLinux developers have demonstrated that if the RUNNIX bootloader was compiled with a 32-bit, PAE enabled Linux Kernel, the " |
The added confusion of multiple RUNNIX flavors would not actually solve a real-world problem, so the maximum recognized RAM currently remains at 3 GB. The day when greater then 3 GB RAM is useful, the RUNNIX bootloader can be compiled with a PAE enabled Linux Kernel. | The added confusion of multiple RUNNIX flavors would not actually solve a real-world problem, so the maximum recognized RAM currently remains at 3 GB. The day when greater then 3 GB RAM is useful, the RUNNIX bootloader can be compiled with a PAE enabled Linux Kernel. |