Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:28:29 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kpanic on install >32GB of RAM Message-ID: <20101015162829.GA12459@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20101015162714.GA12400@icarus.home.lan> References: <1287158693.5225.7.camel@home-yahoo> <20101015162714.GA12400@icarus.home.lan>
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 09:27:14AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 09:04:53AM -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > > So, trying to get a massively overpowered HP box up with 7.3 amd64 > > version up and running. > > > > I can't tell at the moment, but it looks like the installer kernel is > > having issues with >32GB of RAM in this box. > > > > Are we using the i386 kernel on amd64 installs? > > If you booted a FreeBSD image that has "amd64" in the ISO name, then the > kernel is actually 64-bit (amd64). The only i386 piece would be the > bootloader. > > There's probably someone here who can help with the issue you describe, > as there's occasional posts here and there from people who experience > issues/problems when using very large amounts of RAM. Oh, something I forgot -- make sure you review documentation for your northbridge chipset (if there is one; if not, see specifications for your processor since the memory controller is on-die). Many have strict limits. The BIOS can also inhibit limits based on certain features. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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