Re: Problems with Win2k Server, 6Gb RAM?

To get W2k Adv Server to access memory > 4 Gig, you must modify the boot.ini file.
add /PAE to your boot line.

see <http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/enable_PAE.htm>

also see: MS Knowledge Base Article  268230
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B268230>  247904 <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;247904>

HTH "Ross Luker" <ross_luker_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45a0a324.0306130628.33614def_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> We have an IBM Xseries 440 that we have recently increased the RAM in
> from 3.5Gb to 6Gb. The machine runs Win2k Adv Server with our ERP
> system sitting on top of Oracle 8.1.7. Since we increased the RAM,
> the server won't run for more than 2 hours without blue screening.
> Ourselves and IBM have been through the usual rigmarole of testing the
> hardware, drivers, windows config etc, and all seems ok, so it seems
> to be coming down to the apps running on the server, which, other than
> Oracle and the ERP system, amounts to little more than Winzip and
> Acrobat Reader.
>
> Is there any reconfiguration of Oracle or anything like that needed
> once the amount of physical RAM goes above 4Gb?
>
> TIA
>
> Ross
Received on Sun Jun 15 2003 - 01:37:28 CDT