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Re: 2G limitation

From: joel garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:27:36 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <72074d15-18e2-4385-98eb-37c525e6e606@w40g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>


On Dec 12, 5:51 am, bdbafh <bdb..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 4:44 pm, vinny <vinaya..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Dec 11, 10:01 am, l..._at_tech-trans.com wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > I created the Oracle 10g instance in Intel server. It has 4G memory
> > > and has been installed 32-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003 standard
> > > edition . However, Oracle can only recognize 2G memory when I have
> > > add /PAE /3GB in boot.ini. Now, what can I do?
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> > > Ming
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> > I think your boot.ini parameters are unsupported in Windows server
> > 2003 standard edition.
> > You may not be able to use all the available memory on the box.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291988
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> > - Vinayak
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> From the article that you referred to:
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> "For other applications, Microsoft supports using the /3GB switch in
> Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition only in a production environment
> if the application vendor has tested in this environment and if the
> vendor is willing to support the customer who is using this
> functionality."
>
> /3GB works for MS W2K3 Server Standard Edition and Oracle (database
> server) 10g R1 on 10.1.0.4, 10g R2 on 10.2.0.3. I don't remember
> having to change the image since the 8.1.7.3.0 patchset (way, way
> back).
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> /PAE is another matter which I am not sniping at in this post.
>
> -bdbafh

Should anyone care, search metalink for imagecfg to see how to tell if the image needs to be changed (yeah, looks like pre-8i).

jg

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