4 Gig in new Prec 490 showing as 3 Gig?

[jdarnold at buddydog.org (Jonathan Arnold)]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "Charles C. Bennett, Jr." <ccb at acm.org> writes:
> 
>> If you're running Fedora and need PAE, try
>>
>>  yum install kernel-PAE
> 
> I dont want to do that unless I know that it will help.  I shouldn't
> need PAE to read the 4th GB of memory; I thought I only need PAE for
> MORE than 4GB?

What is the drawback of installing a PAE kernel? Is it slower?

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