Re: To 64 Bit or Not To 64 Bit

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Author: Eric Shubert
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: To 64 Bit or Not To 64 Bit
On 06/07/2012 01:29 PM, Jim March wrote:
> if you install 32bit Ubunu Precise (or likely it's
> derivatives like Mint 12) it will auto-detect 4gig and install a PAE
> 32bit kernel.


<FWIW>

Ubuntu 12.4 (aka Precise) doesn't appear to me to do any auto-detecting.
I think that Ubuntu 12.4 installs PAE regardless of the amount of RAM.
That's what it did when I upgraded one host from 11.4 (Natty) w/ 2G.
Only PAE kernels in my /boot now, where 11.4 had both PAE and non-PAE
kernels.

Oddly though, my Mythbuntu 12.4 (upgraded from 11.10) backend w/ 512M
ram has only the non-PAE kernels. Looks as though at least one
downstream distro isn't consistent in this regard.

</FWIW>
--
-Eric 'shubes'

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