Hey all,
I couldn’t find a better place to post this, so here it goes: what is the meaning of having the pae version of a kernel? Up until recently, I always had the default version, but one day my kernel updated, and now it runs the pae version. So, what is the difference between the two?
Thanks. 
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:06:03 GMT
Unseen-Ghost <Unseen-Ghost@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I couldn’t find a better place to post this, so here it goes: what is
> the meaning of having the -pae- version of a kernel? Up until
> recently, I always had the default version, but one day my kernel
> updated, and now it runs the pae version. So, what is the difference
> between the two?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Hi
PAE means Physical Address Extension basically it lets a 32bit system
access more that 4GB of RAM. Google on PAE+Kernel should give you
plenty of information.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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Thanks!
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It seems to be the Nvidia-driver installation that can flip you from
default to pae [needlessly, in my view…I consider it a bug.
I forced mine back to default, as have a few others]
How would I go about doing that considering I have less than 4GB of RAM?
Also, is there any real advantage to doing that?
Yeah, that was my thought too! *
Just go into the usual ‘Install Software’, type in ‘kernel’, and you
should see, among others, the two packages ‘kernel-default’ and
‘kernel-pae’. Click on the first to install it, and keep clicking on
the second until it’s marked to remove it, go.
Slight warning: This is potentially an ‘intermediate/advanced’ move,
as there are the usual ‘side-effects’ of changing kernels: X-Windows
may break, as it probably drops you back to non-proprietary video
driver), and the grub-menu stuff needs to get tweaked (hopefully,
automatically).
But, you have > 100 posts, so I’m betting you can handle any
hiccups. 
Advantages: None that I know of, other than being more ‘standard’.
[Similar to why I run the 32-bit kernel, rather than the 64-bit. KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid]*
Good 'ole KISS method. 
For now, I think I’ll keep what I have at the moment, but I may consider it for the future.
Been having a few problems with Factory repositories, so I’m going to try and stay clear of any hiccups at the moment.
Thank you, though.