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Re: Hello

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, James E. King, III wrote:

> 1. If I purchase a Quad Xeon 550 with 4 GB of memory, will Linux work on it?
>    (I saw the whole thing about tweaking kernel parameters to change from a 3:1
>     split to a 2:2 split)
>    Should I just buy 2GB - will I be able to use the extra 2GB?

You won't be able to use the extra 2GB without some effort.  Current plans
seem to be headed towards keeping the current 3G/1G split.  Fwiw, if
you're going to spend that much money, why not purchase an Alpha?  That
way you'll be able to grow beyond the 4GB as your data grows.

> 2. Can I create a large (let's say 1GB) ramdisk or memory filesystem?

I think someone created patches that make a ramdisk out of the really high
memory.  Try doing a search of the linux-kernel archives -- I remember
seeing it withing the past 3 or 4 months.  Hope this helps!

		-ben

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