Q: pgf77 on x86 w/ > 1GB RAM?

[alvin at Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com]

hi ya brian

there are some motherboards that support up to 8 slots of
sdram...

- make sure that the motherboard can support 1Gb sdrams sticks..
  so you can have 8Gb of 1Gb ram sticks or just 512mb sdram sticks

- the typical prices i've seen are say $30-$40 for 256mb... and $100 for
  512mb .... so if you can get yours at edgemicro for $50... that 
  maybe a good deal...
	- but than again...i like century and hitachi sdrams..
	and pay a little xtra for it

have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net ... 14" deep 1U chassis... 10" deep in development


On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Brian wrote:

> 
> Hi guys,
> 
>   I'm probably just missing something simple here, but I figure it can't
> hurt to ask: I'm running the PGI compiler demo to test a conversion of a
> code from an RS/6000 to an Athlon desktop, and with a simple C/C++ program
> I've written, I have no problems accessing 1.4GB of RAM... BUT with the
> FORTRAN compiler, it compiles fine, and then segfaults because it can't
> access an address.
> 
>   (The code requires about 1.3-1.4G of RAM)
> 
>   I've compiled the kernel with 4GB RAM support, I'm running RH7.1, with
> version 3.2-4 of the PGI compilers, and I was hoping there was a quick and
> easy answer for this.. any ideas?  (I did write PGI support, too, however
> their webpage seems to indicate they think this is an OS issue..)
> 
>   Also, for the record, when setting this up, I found a cheap price for
> 512MB DIMMS - $50/ea, from www.edgemicro.com.  After all the RAM pricing
> posts earlier, I just thought I'd throw that out there.  ;)
> 
>   (It's PC133, CL3)