* Marc Chamberlin (marc@marcchamberlin.com) [20091026 22:45]:
and now this PAE thing has come along, out of the blue, and apparently decided to become the default version for me to use.)
PAE hasn't sudenly come out but has been there for quite some time, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension for an explanation. In short, PAE is a means to address more than 4GB of memory on 32 bit machines. That also includes machines with only 4GB but part of it remapped to Addresses beyond 4GB because of the PCI address space. Those machines need the PAE kernel in order to make use of all memory. BTW, X86-64 kernels have that feature enbled all the time so there is no need for a special version. Philipp PS Could you both *please* seriously cut down the amount of mail you're quoting? More then tree levels of quoting IMO show that somebody is too lazy to properly edit his replies. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org