Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 18:03:47 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installed memory today, questions immediately Message-ID: <AANLkTi=VqQ3w8h3zeq6vwXcjD=BrrP%2Br8wcTNyAohMzr@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201011052229.oA5MTZVp022783@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201011052229.oA5MTZVp022783@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>wrote: > > > > I suspect you are running the 32-bit version of FreeBSD and it cannot > > address more that 3 Gb of RAM. > > > Must be a hardware issue, too. I'm running 7.2/i386 on a P-III box, and > the boot messages shows 3.9+ gigs 'avail mem'. I double-checked, no > mention > of PAE in the kernel config, either. > In a way, yes. The video memory counts agaisnt the 4GB/32bit addressable cap so a large video card will make the discrepancy worse. -- Adam Vande More
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