How to install Kernel PAE (Ubuntu)

(PAE) stand for Physical Address Extension. It's a feature of x86 and x86-64 processors that allows more than 4 Gigabytes of physical memory to be used in 32-bit systems.

Without PAE kernel, you should see something as follows:
root@penreturns:~$ free -m

Sample output:


To enable PAE, open terminal and type the following command:
root@penreturns:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server linux-image-server linux-server

Reboot your machine.

Now check again :
root@penreturns:~$ free -m

Sample output:


Enjoy!

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