From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 04:04:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B029016A403 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 04:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yokean1@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4654113C442 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 04:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yokean1@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k27so747385nfc for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:04:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=p8nkxZNJp0QD1LopiKZIXiWB3g5zVMmLYXMRfeOatND7Jf6t4Sf7P7siHV+D7J9bVDHs5oTzC/PsJ0U4tO999edvFc9I8eSZHglv+EBlGzPAn40inAXgP3TXhDJQcmhVVRNPf7KoRIIgpyJaqzoXufOokIRuhZ1X1/8TvOhOxPU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=N/oOnjHYLUrYaAiC5BfAIf0Z/Kfywkyq3U98+AhrHPMOrSSknT3omvF3dMxhDtITa4pVvQYl0ZLLEksGnEx+MJz76YGhzXm6+9whdlzsWuV20bo6ME42xtCilbWNBYPH27f2CaXjFciJUwLegbONQ3xcUx3qW72fePCdyThkiMU= Received: by 10.82.175.2 with SMTP id x2mr482972bue.1172721854948; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:04:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.168.16 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:04:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <80b681a50702282004o74225259g765374581a4e7f2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:04:14 +0800 From: "Ann Lee" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=" In-Reply-To: <86tzx6e2wt.fsf@dwp.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <80b681a50702280156h57966d58gb081e8fb1311fc4a@mail.gmail.com> <86tzx6e2wt.fsf@dwp.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 4.8 max supported RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:04:16 -0000 yes, it's old but stable. so far so good as this running in my production with anti-spam email gateway filtering installed more than 2 years. im thinking for an upgrade the RAM and add 1 more CPU processor in. maybe upgrade the freebsd version to 5.3 version and above. do i still need to build the custom kernel for 5.3? do u hv the file? can send me the instruction? is 5.3 stable enought to support 2 X Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor and 4GB RAM. i seen many forums that some only can detect 3GB RAM instead of 4GB RAM. On 2/28/07, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > "Ann Lee" 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 > -- > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no >