Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:29:02 +0100 From: Gerhard Schmidt <estartu@ze.tum.de> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 6-stable + 4 GB RAM Message-ID: <20060315142902.GA3275@augusta.de> In-Reply-To: <4416F383.9050409@centtech.com> References: <200603141630.k2EGUgDe053168@lurza.secnetix.de> <4416F383.9050409@centtech.com>
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:46:59AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'll be getting a few new machines for a customer soon. > >They will be SMP (dual processor Pentium-IV) with 4 GB RAM, > >and I plan to install FreeBSD/i386 6-stable on them. > > > >What's the current status of running with that amount of > >memory? I'm not completely up to date in that regard, and > >searching the archive didn't get any definitive answers. > >I remember that there were several issues in the past, but > >I have no idea if they still exist. They required fiddling > >with VM_KMEM_SIZE_MAX, or KVA_PAGES or similar things. > > > >Will FreeBSD/i386 6-stable run on a 4 GB machine out of the > >box? Do I have to apply special tuning (kernel config or > >sysctl or whatever)? Using PAE shouldn't be necessary, I > >assume. > > > >It would also be interesting to know if 4-stable (which is > >currently running on the predecessor machines) would run > >without problems on those new 4 GB ones, too. > > > >Thanks in advance for any information! > > > > The base install, running GENERIC will only use 3GB. I believe you > would either need to use the PAE kernel option, or use the 64bit version > of FreeBSD on a corresponding 64bit hardware. I Have a i386 server running with 4Gig of ram without PAE. It's running with 5-STABLE. Has this changed in 6.0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerhard Schmidt | Nick : estartu IRC : Estartu | Fischbachweg 3 | | PGP Public Key 86856 Hiltenfingen | EMail: estartu@augusta.de | on request Germany | |
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