To 64 Bit or Not To 64 Bit

[Eric Shubert]

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>
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-Eric 'shubes'