From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 22:54:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4212106566B for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout012.mac.com (asmtpout012.mac.com [17.148.16.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A81FD8FC12 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Received: from spool004.mac.com ([10.150.69.54]) by asmtp012.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KJI006F423B9I70@asmtp012.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 May 2009 14:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail051 ([10.13.128.51]) by spool004.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KJI00CST25J5W70@spool004.mac.com>; Mon, 11 May 2009 14:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53:43 -0800 From: Peter Giessel To: Bill Moran Message-id: <160278566753602359077573106687879407718-Webmail@me.com> In-reply-to: <20090511172526.da28cd61.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <200905112305.AA963444956@mail.Go2France.com> <20090511172526.da28cd61.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Received: from [69.178.5.90] from webmail.me.com with HTTP; Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53:43 -0800 Received: from [ 96.17.15.37] from webmail.me.com with HTTP; Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53:43 -0800 X-Originating-IP: 69.178.5.90, 96.17.15.37 Cc: lconrad@Go2France.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4 GB RAM hardware but only 3.4 GB real/avail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:13 -0000 On Monday, May 11, 2009, at 01:25PM, "Bill Moran" wrote: >In response to "Len Conrad" : > >> I'm sure this has been answered but I can't Google it. > >Really? This question has been asked a gazillion times ... Agreeing with Bill Moran: http://www.google.com/search?q=+4+GB+RAM+hardware+but+only+3.4+GB+real%2Favail The first link takes me to: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html Which appears to be largely Windows specific, but very detailed if you are looking for a more in-depth explanation and also says: "To be perfectly clear, this isn't a Windows problem-- it's an x86 hardware problem.