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Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:39:51 -0700
From: Jeff Golds <jgolds@resilience.com>
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Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Wayne Whitney wrote:
> > In mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
> >
> > > You need to compile highmem support into the kernel if you want to
> > > use more than 890 MB of RAM, set it to maximum 4GB for best
> > > performance...
> >
> > On a similar note, what is the maximum physical memory supported
> > by the 4GB option?
> 
> Ummm, 4GB maybe? ;)
> 
> Rik

Ahh, it's totally obvious.  1 GB option = 890 MB, 4 GB option = 4GB.  Can I assume a linear relation and get 66.2 MB when I select the 64 MB option?

;)

-Jeff

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