On Fri, 09 May 2008 07:58:41 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:

> Ted <jeanmorin3@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Could you tell me what is the maximum RAM, slakware can manage, and
>> what would be the max heap that could be given to a java program? Thx
>
> A Slackware 12.* default kernel has highmem support which means that it
> supports up to 4 GB of RAM. However, a single process can not user more
> than 2 GB with this memory model. Also note that even though the kernel
> supports up to 4 GB many motherboards use some of that address space for
> peripherals you you won't be able to see more than something like 3.5
> GB.
>
> If you want to use more RAM than that you will have to compile a custom
> kernel with PAE support or use a 64 bit distribution instead.

There are several choices for 64-bit builds of Slackware, of course.

Slamd and Bluewhite64 are easily found through Distrowatch and are
basically 64-bit rebuilds of (close to) vanilla Slackware.