Re: AWE & PAE Assistance

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Simply add /PAE on the end of the line.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP

"Colette" <Colette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> We're getting ready to upgrade our PowerEdge 6600 to 16GB physical memory.
> We've got Windows 2000 Advanced w/SP4 and SQL 2000 Standard w/SP3.
>
> I've never enabled AWE nor configured PAE. I've read document:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;274750&product=sql2k.
> The AWE looks simple enough, however, can someone provide me an example of
> what the Boot.ini should look like with the /PAE switch for 16GB of
> memory?
>
> Thanks for your help!


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