Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:05:28 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory >3.5GB not used? Message-ID: <20070424140528.95287ff4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <01d301c78699$d6a36820$0300020a@mickey> References: <01d301c78699$d6a36820$0300020a@mickey>
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In response to "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com>: > I just built a new server with an Athlon 64 x2, 4GB Ram and a > Gigabyte/Nvidia motherboard. > > When I boot the system up it says on the console that 532888K will be > ignored. > > Of course it isn't put in any of the log files. Dmesg shows this: > > real memory = 3724476416 (3551 MB) > avail memory = 3649908736 (3480 MB) > > Any reason the extra 1/2 GB isn't showing up or usable? Is there something I > need to specify in the kernel to get to the other 1/2 GB? What if I want to > install more than 4GB? This mobo supports up to 16 GB... Do I need to go to > the AMD64 platform to get >4GB? > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.1 i386 SMP kernel. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#PAE -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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