On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> Note that this is a Linux limitation ... and even then, I'm not quite sure
> how accurate that is anymore ... the *BSDs have supported >2gb file
> systems for ages now, and, since IBM supports Linux, I'd be shocked if
> there was a 2GB limit on memory, considering alot of IBMs servers support
> up to 4 or 8GB of RAM ...
Linux 2.2.x on ix86 only supports files upto 2 GB. Linux 2.4.x or any
64-bit plateform (SPARC, Alpha, m68k) fixes this (through the Large File
Summit support, and a new libc).
Memory: Upto 1 GB is supported stock, 2 GB by recompiling kernel. There is
work in progress in 2.4 for supporting the > 32 bit ix86 addressing modes
available in some processors.