Re: Problem with 1G RAM

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 19:16:02 +0000 (GMT)

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> As a matter of stability, the kernel should be modified to ignore any
> extra memory it can't handle.

It does

>
> Right now, it will simply go horribly wrong with 1G RAM and default
> options, am I right?

2.1.x and 2.0.36 final both realise you have too much memory and cut down
how much they use. 2.0.36 also tells you. Ingo's little patch will be hitting
2.1.131ac4 to make 2.1.x do the same.

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