[Ham-Linux] linux and ram

Dr. Gerald N. Johnson geraldj at storm.weather.net
Wed Feb 11 18:33:33 EST 2009


On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 17:55 -0500, Jonathan Thawley wrote:
> what is the max amount of ram that linux will see on 32-bit vs 64-bit?
> 
> are there many compatibility issues with programs running on 64-bit
> linux as compared to running 64-bit windose, etc?
> 
> 
> I know to recognize over 4GB RAM in windose you have to be running a
> 64-bit version... is this the same in linux?

Yes, its universal. 32 bits can only address 4 GB. 4,294,967,269 Bytes
to be precise.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
> Jonathan

73, Jerry, K0CQ



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