Standard 32-bit kernels (of both Windows XP and Linux) support 4GiB of _addressable space_, not 4GiB of RAM. The problem here - is that any devices - including chipsets, keyboard, video card - everything takes addressable space - which leaves less than 4GiB to the kernel. It is very dependent upon the hardware and the system's BIOS how much you will end up with. It may be anything from 3.24GiB (if you have standard desktop hardware) to 3.7GiB (if you have very minimal hardware). BIOS allocates RAM and addressable space when your computer starts. So if you get only 3.5 GiB of RAM on Linux - you won't get any more on Windows 2000/XP. openSUSE 10.3 (32-bit) has both "default" (non-PAE) and big-smp (PAE) kernels. To use all your 4GiB you'll need to install bigsmp kernel. You can install both kernels, and choose one you like during boot - so this is the best way to make it. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org