Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:46:55 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: george donnelly <list@zettai.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4GB RAM limit? Message-ID: <20030701234655.GA72522@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <BB2783B4.34F62%list@zettai.net> References: <BB2783B4.34F62%list@zettai.net>
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:30:13PM +0000 or thereabouts, george donnelly wrote: > hi > > I've got a 4.7 freebsd machine and after upgrading from 4 to 6GB of RAM, top > does not recogmize the other 2 GB (only shows 4) and actually there was a > message that said "ignoring 2 GB". > > Can anyone shed light on this or suggest where i can look to understand > this? AFAIK, on i386 the maximum addressable memory space is 4096 MB. Here's why: C pointer = 4 bytes = maximum value 4294967296 -- Josh > > tia > > <--> > george donnelly - http://www.zettai.net/ - "Quality Zope Hosting" > Zope Hosting - Dynamic Website Design - Search Engine Promotion > Yahoo, AIM: zettainet - MSN: zettainet@hotmail.com - ICQ: 51907738 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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