Re: [Xen-users] Xen on 32bit machine with 8GB of RAM

[Luciano Rocha <strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 09:46:12AM -0800, gorkhe wrote:
> I wanted to install Xen on 32bit processor with 8GB RAM. I am running Debian
> on it.
> The general Kernel can only address ~4GB of RAM. So, Is it necessary to
> install BigMEM kernel so that all the memory get addressed?  And then
> install xen kernel.

No, the BigMem kernel will be useful when you boot without xen.
Otherwise, it is only the xen and the kernel compiled to run under xen,
that matters.

For xen, it must be compiled with PAE support, thus so does the kernel
to run under xen.

If the xen kernel for Debian is the same as the standard kernel, then
you do need the BigMem kernel, but it's usually independent.

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lfr
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