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Can not allocate more than 1.5GB RAM to Guest!

Posted: 7. Oct 2009, 16:35
by evel
Host: Windows XP SP3
VB Version: 3.0.6
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Guests: Linux (CentOS5.3, Ubuntu 9.04)

Question: I have 4GB installed on XP (host) with 3.49GB appearing under System Properties>General (no idea where the rest went...). However, when creating a new Guest VM, VB does not allow more than 1500MB base memory to be allocated. The Base Memory Size sliding bar has a range of 4MB to 1500MB, and it does not accept anything higher to be typed in either.

On this forum I have seen posts that refer to larger base memory being allocated, so I am assuming it is not an inherent VB restriction. Also, was not able to find any reference or setting in the VB manual regarding this situation.

Thanks,
ilyas

Re: Can not allocate more than 1.5GB RAM to Guest!

Posted: 7. Oct 2009, 16:50
by Sasquatch
Was in the changelog of 3.0.6 and discussed in the discussion thread. It was even explained in the beta forum.