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RE: Problem with physical memory detected
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:18:02 +0100
- Subject: RE: Problem with physical memory detected
On 22 August 2006 10:50, Stephane Goarzin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed cygwin on a Windows 2000 Server with 4GB of RAM, but when I
> execute vmstat only 2GB are detected. I did the manipulation explain in the
> topic "Changing Cygwin's Maximum Memory" but it had no effect. Is it a
> restriction of cygwin or is there any solution ?
It is a restriction of the O/S. Try googling MSDN for information about the
"/3GB" switch in boot.ini, which can help a bit, but Cygwin does not support
the PAE functionality that would be needed to get any more memory.
cheers,
DaveK
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