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- From: spierce@wam.umd.edu (Stephen Pierce)
- Subject: Re: Linux (0.98 SLS) does not recogonize 20 Meg Memory Config.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.025829.8155@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 02:58:29 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan9.004334.29212@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
- >
- >There are two versions of kernel, one for <= 16 MB, the other for > 16 MB.
- >Which one are you using? You may have to recompile the kernel to use
- >memory above 16MB.
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- Why is this? What is the technical reason for the two versions? Different
- method of accessing memory above 16? Can one run the >16MB with _less_
- than 16MB in the system?
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- Steve
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