Difference between vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic and vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic-pae

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Can someone please tell me the difference between these two vmlinuz images ?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 03 '12 at 22:59

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The PAE kernel includes Physical Address Extension. This increases the usable memory from 4 GB to 64 GB. The cost is that these kernels take up a little more memory and don't run on some old processors.

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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

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Difference between vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic and vmlinuz-2.6.32-34-generic-pae

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