Ah... Thanks, Jim. Good knowledge you got there.

But that means, ifit is not some software solution, I can't get it for my 
current system. A pity.

Thanks a lot,

Sven



"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:55:51 -0500, Sven Littkowski wrote:
>
>> Hmm, sounds like it is made for Linux only.
>
> No, it's a hardware-level implementation used by more than just Linux.  I
> just happen to use Linux almost exclusively, so I haven't run into it
> with other OSes.  For example, NetWare 5.1 (or maybe 6) required machines
> that had PAE functionality, even if the machine had no memory over 4 GB.
>
> Which meant the minimum requirement was a Pentium Pro or P-II, the first
> platform that introduced PAE.  It's been around for a long time.
>
> Jim

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