help!!!!!!

[welter81]

hello everybody!
i need help;i'm a student and my lecturer asked me some suggestion about fedora and the possibility to use it on a computer with 4gb ram;He said that fedora couldn't run on this computer.i it true?colud you suggest me a ggod motherboard for fedora?
thank youso much

[markkuk]

Fedora can run on computers with 4GB (or more) of RAM. Your lecturer is wrong.

[welter81]

my lecturer wolud use fedora because is better than windows when matlab is running. could you sugest me a motherboard in order to optimize cmputing power?

[Dan]

Fedora, or any recent Linux kernel is capable of running on 4+Gb of memory. In fact, I recall recently Leigh was working a large memory issue with someone. As I recall, there was kind of a secret to getting that one solved. Don't remember it right off, so search around the forum a bit. :)

Regarding the Motherboard, you may want to show us the general direction of your thinking. A bit of demonstrated research on your part will go a long way toward inclining this old f*rt to help you! :)

Dan

[leigh123@linux]

Hi ,If he goes 64 bit AMD, Fedora x86_64 will support 64 gb (huge mem kernel)

The machine in question runs fine with 4Gb (dimm voltage needed upping )

This kernel info is a couple of years old. but should help prove your point.

http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-1.9_FC2.i686.html

Leigh

[welter81]

i try to explain: i have to use matlab 7.0 with fedora or any linux kernel; we want to buy a computer with a good computing power then 4gb of ram at least and dual core processor.
could you give some suggestions in order to optimize computing power?
thank you very much, you save my life

[welter81]

i would like to know which motherboard with socket am2 could support fedora in a computer with4gb of ram and amd 64 x2 dual core

[welter81]

i would like to know which mainboard with socket am2 could support fedora in a computer with4gb of ram and amd 64 x2 dual core. have any idea?

[leigh123@linux]

Check this link for hardware details (I belive instability may have been caused by small power supply and would recommend aleast 600w min for this type of machine , And see no reason why it could not be increased to 8gb) check motherboard manufactures for full details

matalab is legendary for its memory useage ( dont skimp on swap memory )

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=134633

[leigh123@linux]

been thinking if you want a realy high spec machine, money no object within reason I would go for a

1.TYAN Thunder K8WE S2895 Dual socket 940

http://www.gsquared.co.uk/acatalog/Other.html

2. a pair dual core opteron processors socket 940

3. 16gb DDR 400

4.high end nvidia graphics card

5. 4x harddrives running mirror raid.

6. 650w high end power supply

7. high end server case to keep this lot cool

well you asked

leigh