X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Wsvy9KmR62ffpzcn APwznnb3YIRirO1Vhlc5eBC9/sZtgih7ix/FaLroJH828ujiMqESWFBqxNcJ+UjH PvOWn+L+j69vli4miMZrAkIfqLc9mtuvt2LoMKtYwn8Jb9kVP/b+olCxxb85wza+ 0m82NTyW4+NxFZRNZFpbFa75POU= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=SyzUUDLCbkhZ/xU3YgNeyZ areZw=; b=IGseag5q8yPEU0/K9DESmp7wTVwZlyCog8nGU4JBH1rkVRqMNzZYD2 Hxq2k8+xwoVFwD+COYeyV1j/EI3Q8ARrrLdiyrcbhtjnX/Z3Nconk6uIGx2DE+G9 XKAJtqRLJjK0EkgZvv1dG1+KG/93DWXDAoYy7xRtu+OmbrdrkPbIM= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=UD:ru, HX-Priority:Normal, H*F:D*yandex.ru, upgraded X-HELO: forward106p.mail.yandex.net Authentication-Results: smtp3p.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:47:36 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <599847125.20180615044736@yandex.ru> To: Achim Gratz , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Windows upgrade In-Reply-To: <87r2lapqmu.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87r2lapqmu DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Achim Gratz! >> I have a 32 bit cygwin installation of 8 years of age in an amd64 PC >> with 2 GB of RAM with Windows 10. So far it's been so good. I never >> had the need to use a 64 bit Windows, but recently 64 bit has become >> mainstream and I also started having low memory issues, so I upgraded >> to 4 GB of RAM. The thing is 32 bit Windows has issues with the whole >> 4 GB of RAM therefore I have quite less available, so I decided I will >> be switching to 64 bit Windows 10 via a clean install (yuk!) when I am >> able. > Well, for an installation that old it would probably be quite helpful if > you did a clean fresh install. A 32bit Windows can deal just fine with > 4GB of memory (not so much with larger memory), you can make about 3GB > of that available to user processes with a boot option (at the expense > of memory reserved for the kernel space). 3.65GB in my experience is the best you can manage with 32-bit Windows. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, June 15, 2018 4:46:46 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple