Re: [coLinux-users] Is it possible to use the 1GB of inaccessible memory?

[Michael M. <mcs...@gm...>]

BTW: When will there be a x64 version of coLinux? Anything in the pipeline
or the brains of the developers?

2008/12/18 Sam Moffatt <pa...@gm...>

> Actually I think you'll find that for the most part this is actually a
> Windows limitation, see:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037
>
> Windows the operating system will limit the amount of memory that it
> can address even if the system can support more underneath. So whilst
> it might be an issue with the hardware, these days what is more than
> likely the case is that its an issue with Windows. Of course, it
> doesn't help that both Windows and the x86 instruction set are almost
> the worst performing products in the market (e.g. compared to say
> Linux and PPC respectively) so you're really in a doomed position to
> begin with anyway.
>
> Sam Moffatt
> http://pasamio.id.au
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Michael McStarfighter
> <mcs...@gm...> wrote:
> > I can say: No, it isn't possible. Why? The adress violation begins at the
> > BIOS and the CPU directly. Windows can only use what the CPU and BIOS
> make
> > available. And coLinux can't have more rights then the windows kernel ...
> >
> > 2008/12/18 Louis <net...@ya...>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>  I have a 32-bit Windows system with "4 GB" of RAM, of which of course
> >> only 3GB is accessible, so I was wondering, would it be possible for
> coLinux
> >> to use that inaccessible 1 GB of RAM? Probably not, if it wants to stay
> in
> >> good terms with the Windows kernel huh?
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >>
> >> Louis
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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