From e0f19aeafa2f903892703b7d5211e229ce2f102d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabor Pali Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:16:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Question 5.1: - Put non-breakable spaces between quantities and units Approved by: gabor (mentor) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 8e44a5bd9e..f4dbc64b10 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -2829,26 +2829,26 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm and virtual addresses. The convention for most PC hardware is to use the memory area - between 3.5G and 4G for a special purpose (usually for PCI). This + between 3.5 GB and 4 GB for a special purpose (usually for PCI). This address space is used to access PCI hardware. As a result real, physical memory can not appear in that address space. What happens to the memory that should appear in that location is dependent on your hardware. Unfortunately, some hardware does - nothing and the ability to use that last 500M of RAM is entirely + nothing and the ability to use that last 500 MB of RAM is entirely lost. Luckily, most hardware remaps the memory to a higher location so that it can still be used. However, this can cause some confusion if you watch the boot messages. - On a 32 bit version of &os;, the memory appears lost, since it - will be remapped above 4G, which a 32 bit kernel is unable to + On a 32 bit version of &os;, the memory appears lost, since it + will be remapped above 4 GB, which a 32 bit kernel is unable to access. In this case, the solution is to build a PAE enabled kernel. See this FAQ entry for more information. - On a 64 bit version of &os;, or when running a PAE-enabled + On a 64 bit version of &os;, or when running a PAE-enabled kernel, &os; will correctly detect and remap the memory so it is usable. During boot, however, it may seem as if &os; is detecting more memory than the system really has. This is normal and the