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Re: [Xen-users] Xen only recognizes 3.5GB of RAM

To: "Andy Burns" <xen.lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen only recognizes 3.5GB of RAM
From: "Grant McWilliams" <grantmasterflash@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:41:26 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Andy Burns <xen.lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2008/9/11 Antoine Benkemoun <antoine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> I installed Xen on a Debian Etch
> The problem is that it only recognizes 3.5GB of RAM although I have 8GB ! I
> Does anyone have an idea, how I can remove this limit ?

Install the 64bit version of the hypervisor (I believe you can leave
the dom0 on 32bit, though I have always used 64bit dom0 with 64bit
xen)

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Don't you have to have the 32 bit PAE kernel or 64 bit in order to address more than 3.5 GB? I think so.

Grant McWilliams
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