Why can't I see more than 4 GB of memory on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit?
Issue
The normal kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (such as 2.6.18-<versions>.el5 ) for the x86 32 bit architecture only allows a system to use up to 4 GB of memory.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 32-bit
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