Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:36:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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To: "H.Rosmanith (Kernel Mailing List)" <kernel@wildsau.idv.uni.linz.at>
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Subject: Re: how to PAE enable kernel?
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, H.Rosmanith (Kernel Mailing List) wrote:

>
> hi,
>
> we have a system with 4G, however, only approx 1G will be used.
> dmesg issues the hint "use a PAE enabled kernel". silly question,
> but how do I PAE enable a kernel? I have found a lot of messages
> about PAE enabled kernels on the net, but not *how* to enable this
> feature.
>
> any hints please?
>
> thanks in advance,
> herbert

Well you can read ../linux-n.n.n/Documentation/Configure.help to
get a broad outline of the features available. Then delete the
CONFIG_NOHIMEM stuff in ../linux-n.n.n/.config and execute
`make oldconfig`, answering the questions you should now
understand from your previous research.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
            Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.

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