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4 Gig in new Prec 490 showing as 3 Gig?



Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:

> As mentioned previously, to see more than 3GB you need to have PAE
> enabled. Linux will be able to access the 4GB (or in this case 3.5GB),
> but on a 32-bit system your applications are limited to 3GB. 
> Here is a pretty good detailed explanation:
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/2450

Okay... So how does one enable PAE?  (I've got 4GB in my new t60
but it seems to only see 3GB of it)

-derek
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