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Old 08-07-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sjh View Post
On my Dell machines the OS only sees 2.75 GB RAM in 32-bit mode, regardless (I believe) of OS.

Are you saying when I do a 32-bit u*ix install I will see more than that?

Are you sure?
Easy to try that out

Go burn a copy of Linux on a live CD (won't install unless you ask it too!) and see what it says.
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