markaoki wrote: > I imagine SL5's max x86 per-process virtual address space is now about 3gb, > vs. SL4.x's approx. 4gb, due to hugemem kernel being dropped from the RHEL 5 > distribution. I imagine you're wrong. I expect the base kernel does what the kernel+ variants have done in the past. > > If thats the case...would 64-bit SL5 allow more per-process memory? I expect you're right:-) I understand it's also quicker. Especially if you add even more RAM. I've discovered one of my desktop supports 2 Gbyte DDR2, so it might get some on the "chuck 1 add 4" plan. Wouldn't work at all well with IA32. -- Cheers John -- spambait [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)