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Hi Phil,
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 08:17:42PM +0100, Phil Stewart wrote:
> Wheezy no longer provides a separate xen kernel (in fact, it would
> seem that a xen kernel image wasn't necessary in a domU in
> Squeeze).
Yes, from lenny even.
> Switching over to the default kernel from the linux-image-686 meta
> package was therefore the way to go. This installs the 686-pae
> variant, although I note that the Bitfolk Wiki page suggests the
> 686-bigmem kernel, which has 4Gb+ memory support. Is there any
> particular benefit to running a bigmem kernel on a smaller VPS with
> less than 4GB RAM?
-bigmem and -pae are different names for the same kernel feature.
-bigmem is a dummy package which just installs the -pae package.
The reason that a PAE kernel is needed on 32-bit Xen domU is that
Xen only supports PAE kernels on 32-bit. So the particular benefit
is that it works. :)
Support for 64-bit coming soon..
Cheers,
Andy
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