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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 19:43:44 -0600
From: Charles Cazabon <linux-kernel@discworld.dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: >128 MB RAM stability problems (again)
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Reza Roboubi <reza@linisoft.com> wrote:
> Nobody has answered a basic concern:
> Why does Win2k work while Linux does not?

I did post a possible answer for this:  different OSes excercise the memory
subsystem very differently.  This is why a box might run (say) Win95
apparently stably, but not be able to run Linux.  The same reasoning applies
to other OSes.  I've seen this many times myself.

Charles
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