Hi, On Fri, Jun 04, mgx@spruce.lsd.ornl.gov wrote:

are you aware of a 2GB ram size limit in the current linux kernels? my group is looking at building a quad xeon box and the really want 4/8GB ram. has suse been playing with the

8 GB isn't supported at all. For 4 GB there are several choices and patches (changing the split between user and kernel space or using the memory for ramdisk). Supporting more than 4 GB most likely will re-introduce some concepts well known as EMM

IBM quad mother boards at all?

We have experience with quad boxes, but not with more than 2 GB of RAM

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