On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 23:32 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Linuxguy123 writes: > > > I do a lot of photo processing... things like generating 200 jpgs from > > raw files at one go. My laptop has 4GB of RAM but is currently only > > using 3GB because I am running a 32 bit kernel. > > Why led you to this conclusion? 32 bit Linux is perfectly capable of > addressing 4 GB+ of RAM. You need to install a PAE kernel, which should > already be the case, by default. > > If you are not already booting a PAE kernel, just install it. > > > Sooner or later I want to upgrade to a 64 bit kernel and 8 GB of RAM. > > Other than this article, I can't find any information on the subject. > > > > http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/123800 > > > > I am looking to do the upgrade WITHOUT reinstalling Fedora. I've done > > Someone who has sufficient technical experience and know-how might be able > to pull this off. But, to be perfectly straight, if you have to ask how to > do this, you do not have the requisite know how. <snip> > But, if all you want is more RAM, all you really need is the PAE kernel, > which I believe can handle up to 16 GB. A single 32 bit process is still > limited to accessing 3 GB max, but overall the system will be able to use up > to 16 gigs. If that works out for you, this is your path of least > resistance. Thanks for the reply. I installed the PAE kernel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
