Big mem issue

[Rashkae]

Stereotypical Rage wrote:
> To my knowledge, you are going to want the 64-bit version of whatever 
> version of Ubuntu. As currently ALL 32-bit OSes can't handle more than 4 
> GB of RAM ( I think only 3.6 ish)
> 

Actually, using a bunch of tricks I don't really understand, the 32-bit 
Linux kernel can use up to 64 GB of memory.  (though individual 
processes will only be able to 'see' 4 GB each).

What you need in Ubuntu is the -server kernel package, which comes with 
is compiled with Highmem64 support.