Re: [DLC]>4G ram/64 bit OS

If your building a machine that powerful....

Did you remember to find a CPU which is fully compatible for virtualization?

Use a Linux based operating system with a specific Xen based kernel.  
Then setup as many operating systems as you want.



Politik Durden wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses. As usual, I've been pointed in the right 
> direction.
>
> I'm leaning toward a full 64 bit OS (instead of PAE) so now the 
> question is, *generally speaking* (I know my mileage may vary), are 64 
> bit drivers readily available ? Do the major distributions have a 
> compatibility list (similar to Windows Marketplace) that shows the 64 
> bit devices that have been tested (and have stable drivers) for a 
> particular distro ?
>
> In the past year I've see more average users with 64 bit OSes (Vista) 
> than I've seen in all my years of messing around with computers. Is 
> the same trend happening in the Linux world ?
>
> --- On *Sun, 11/22/09, Politik Durden /<politikdurden-/[email protected]>/* wrote:
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>     From: Politik Durden <politikdurden-/[email protected]>
>     Subject: [DLC]>4G ram/64 bit OS
>     To: "UFO Mail list" <ufo-Y4FUXIRBYHQvUt+Q7UkouvU/[email protected]>, "Depaul Linux"
>     <[email protected]>
>     Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:03 AM
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     If a motherboard takes more than 4G of ram, say it takes 8, I
>     would need a 64 bit OS to use all 8 G of ram ? And if I use a 32
>     bit OS, the OS would only be able to see the first 4G of ram on
>     the board ?
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