Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:40:41 -0400 (EDT) From: sjr@home.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/13403: FAQ update for memory limits Message-ID: <199908270140.VAA14591@cc158233-a.catv1.md.home.com>
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>Number: 13403 >Category: docs >Synopsis: FAQ update for memory limits >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 26 18:50:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stephen J. Roznowski >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The FAQ entry for memory limits should be updated. I've pieced together the following from various discussions that have occurred on the various mailing lists. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml.orig Thu Aug 26 21:34:26 1999 +++ en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Thu Aug 26 21:34:57 1999 @@ -1536,10 +1536,13 @@ <qandaentry><question> <para>What are the limits for memory?</para></question><answer> -<para>For memory, the (theoretical) limit is 4 gigabytes. One gigabyte -has been tested; you generally can't buy i386 PCs that can support -much more than that.</para> - +<para>For memory, the limit is 4 gigabytes. This configuration has +been tested <ulink URL="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/configuration">. +If you plan to install this much memory into a machine, you need to +be careful. You'll probably want to use ECC memory and to reduce +capacitive loading use 9 chip memory modules vice 18 chip memory +modules.</para> + </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry><question> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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