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Maximum Processors and Memory for RedHat 7.3
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| Hi there,
I am going to purchase an Intel machine with 4 processors and 6 GB memory to
install Red Hat Linux 7.3.
Could someone please tell me if the RH 7.3 supports the hardware?
Thanks,
Ross
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| J.O. Aho 2004-01-23, 7:08 pm |
| Ross wrote:quote:
> Hi there,
> I am going to purchase an Intel machine with 4 processors and 6 GB memory to
> install Red Hat Linux 7.3.
> Could someone please tell me if the RH 7.3 supports the hardware?
You would need a bigmem-spm version of the kernel.
I'm not sure if the smp version of the kernel has the bigmem option set.
I do suggest you start with installing the smp kernel first (before you even
change the hardware, in case you aren't to do a fresh install), then recompile
the kernel with bigmem support in case it don't have that from default.
In case the default kernel don't support bigmem, then you still have access to
900MB Ram, the system will work, so it's no problem to recompile the kernel.
It's the same with all the other RedHat/Fedora versions, or any other linux
distro that you can freely download, the default kernels are seldom set to
support big memories and therefore requiers a recompile.
//Aho
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> I am going to purchase an Intel machine with 4 processors and 6 GB memory
toquote:
> install Red Hat Linux 7.3.
> Could someone please tell me if the RH 7.3 supports the hardware?
Yes it will - You will have to roll a new kernel with Big Memory support and
also smp support - that is not an issue though.
I agree with you and would choose 7.3 over 9 for a production system any
time - updaets can be done using apt
thanks
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| quote:
> I am going to purchase an Intel machine with 4 processors and 6 GB memory
toquote:
> install Red Hat Linux 7.3.
> Could someone please tell me if the RH 7.3 supports the hardware?
Yes it will - You will have to roll a new kernel with Big Memory support and
also smp support - that is not an issue though.
I agree with you and would choose 7.3 over 9 for a production system any
time - updaets can be done using apt
thanks
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| Brian Brunner 2004-01-23, 7:08 pm |
| On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, "Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> wrote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
7.3 allows for an SMP build. This is not a guarantee that your
motherboard is supported.
www.cheapbytes.com sells rh9 for about $12 (6 CDs)
You can install that, then download kernel.2.4.22.tar.gz and build that
for your hardware. That will probably do you quiet well.
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| Brian Brunner 2004-01-23, 7:08 pm |
| On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, "Ross" <Ross@nospam.com> wrote:
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
7.3 allows for an SMP build. This is not a guarantee that your
motherboard is supported.
www.cheapbytes.com sells rh9 for about $12 (6 CDs)
You can install that, then download kernel.2.4.22.tar.gz and build that
for your hardware. That will probably do you quiet well.
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