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Julian Hall wrote: > Hi all, > > I've seen a couple of posts regarding VMWare and I had a thought today. > > When I eventually upgrade my PC I will still (regrettably) need Windows > installed. However the new PC is likely to have more than 3Gb of RAM > which is the limit Windows XP will see. I'm loathe to use Windows Vista > for many reasons, most notably the lousy performance compared to XP on > the same machine. > > Question. If I were to access Windows via a VMWare shell would it see > *and use* the entire memory, given that it's a shell running on top of > Linux? > > Kind regards, > > Julian > The issue is not actually XP related.. it's a 32 vs 64 bit int issue. You would only see 3gb of ram if you booted a system with 8gb of ram in a 32 bit Linux. The good news is there is a 64 bit version of XP, and several 64bit Linux distros (including Ubuntu) The vmware system would see however much ram you allocated to that specific VM.... I think that answers your question ? Neil Stone -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html