Re: [coLinux-users] Colinux Blue Screen Crashes

[Vincent R. <vin...@fr...>]

Bob Wheater wrote:
> You seem to be confusing PAE with DEP (Data Execution Prevention).

 From the page you quoted:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487503

"The PAE kernel can be enabled automatically without the /PAE switch present 
in the boot entry if the system has DEP enabled (/NOEXECUTE switch is 
present) or the system processor supports hardware-enforced DEP. Presence of 
the /NOEXECUTE switch on a system with a processor that supports 
hardware-enforced DEP implies the /PAE switch. If the system processor is 
capable of hardware-enforced DEP and the /NOEXECUTE switch is not present in 
the boot entry, Windows assumes /NOEXECUTE=optin by default and enables PAE 
mode."

> According to this PAE does NOT apply to a 1gb system. It only applies to 4gb
> and greater systems.

On my unhacked Windows XP SP3 virtual machine with 128 MB of RAM, PAE is 
enabled by default.
Since Windows XP SP2, PAE is enabled by default on processors supporting 
hardware DEP.

-- 
Vincent Rivière