From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 04:56:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC75416A4B3 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 04:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from saruman.ncf.ca (saruman.ncf.ca [134.117.136.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC53F43FCB for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 04:56:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eq320@ncf.ca) Received: from ncf.ca (saruman.ncf.ca [134.117.136.37]) by saruman.ncf.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HN000I0T6HWJ9@saruman.ncf.ca> for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:56:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [134.117.137.43] by saruman.ncf.ca (mshttpd); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:56:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:56:20 -0400 From: eq320@ncf.ca To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-id: <175ea8172b1a.172b1a175ea8@ncf.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Subject: re: 12 Gigabytes RAM on AMD 64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:56:23 -0000 The workstation using dual Opterons and the MSI K8D Master motherboard has 6 slots for RAM, taking special dual channel ECC registerd ram, and so, if you were able to obtain 2 gigabyte RAM modules, that would mean 12 Gigabytes. I am reading this straight from the motherboard manual. The motherbaord comes in server and workstation, (tower) variants.