Problem with physical memory detected

[Dave Korn]

On 22 August 2006 10:50, Stephane Goarzin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I installed cygwin on a Windows 2000 Server with 4GB of RAM, but when I
> execute vmstat only 2GB are detected. I did the manipulation explain in the
> topic "Changing Cygwin's Maximum Memory" but it had no effect. Is it a
> restriction of cygwin or is there any solution ?


  It is a restriction of the O/S.  Try googling MSDN for information about the
"/3GB" switch in boot.ini, which can help a bit, but Cygwin does not support
the PAE functionality that would be needed to get any more memory.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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