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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:07:46 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "Ann Lee" <yokean1@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd 4.8 max supported RAM
Message-ID:  <86tzx6e2wt.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <80b681a50702280156h57966d58gb081e8fb1311fc4a@mail.gmail.com> (Ann Lee's message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:56:43 %2B0800")
References:  <80b681a50702280156h57966d58gb081e8fb1311fc4a@mail.gmail.com>

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"Ann Lee" <yokean1@gmail.com> writes:
> anyone who knows what is the maximum supported ram for freebsd 4.8? any
> idea?

4 GB, but you may need to build a custom kernel and / or force it to
ignore the top half-gigabyte or so.

> can v4.8 support dual Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor?

I believe so, though 4.8's SMP support is not very good, and it
probably lacks drivers for some of the integrated peripherals (ATA /
SATA controller etc.) on your motherboard.  Still, it's only four
years old...

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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