Re: [tlug] Memory upgrade and CPU bit-width question

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Dave,


On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:50 PM, David J Iannucci
<jlinux@example.com> wrote:
> Will I be wasting my time to go through a lot of gyrations to configure
> my OS as 64-bit, because it just won't help in the end anyway?  Might
> even make the box slower?  Seems I might be able to use that 2GB stick I
> bought to upgrade a Macbook my wife uses (same era, and I think same CPU
> family) to 3GB, so maybe the purchase was not in vain :=)


How about putting a 64-bit version of Linux on a CD/USB drive and
booting off of that and see if it works?  That is, can all 4 GB of
memory be detected.

Ray