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userdoc:faq [2015/12/20 16:20] abelbeck [Only up to 3 GB RAM is recognized] |
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===== Only up to 3 GB RAM is recognized ===== | ===== Only up to 3 GB RAM is recognized ===== | ||
- | The bottom line, there is absolutely no benefit for an AstLinux system to have more than 2 GB of RAM, more can exist but is unnecessary. | + | The bottom line, as of the year 2016, there is absolutely no benefit for an AstLinux system to have more than 2 GB of RAM, more can exist but is unnecessary. |
For 32-bit (non-PAE enabled) Linux, the maximum addressable user-space RAM is around 3 GB. This is the case for all AstLinux board types except x86_64 based images. | For 32-bit (non-PAE enabled) Linux, the maximum addressable user-space RAM is around 3 GB. This is the case for all AstLinux board types except x86_64 based images. | ||
- | For 64-bit (x86_64) Linux, the maximum addressable is only limited by your hardware, so you would expect to see about 4 GB with 4 GB RAM installed, but with AstLinux the bootloader is RUNNIX (a 32-bit, non-PAE enabled Linux Kernel) which is common | + | For 64-bit (x86_64) Linux, the maximum addressable |
- | The AstLinux developers have demonstrated that if the RUNNIX bootloader | + | The AstLinux developers have demonstrated that if the RUNNIX bootloader |
- | In summary, the added confusion of multiple RUNNIX flavors | + | The added confusion of multiple RUNNIX flavors |
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+ | !!Update ->!! RUNNIX 0.5 uses a PAE enabled Linux Kernel, so the full RAM is supported. | ||
===== Asterisk caller hears no voicemail prompts or music on hold ===== | ===== Asterisk caller hears no voicemail prompts or music on hold ===== | ||
If you are running Astlinux 0.7.1 or later, Asterisk sounds packages are not installed by default. If a call tries to play a missing sound file, the call is silently terminated. To install the necessary sounds packages, see [[userdoc: | If you are running Astlinux 0.7.1 or later, Asterisk sounds packages are not installed by default. If a call tries to play a missing sound file, the call is silently terminated. To install the necessary sounds packages, see [[userdoc: |