Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:06:15 +1100 From: Robert Leftwich <freebsd@rtl.fmailbox.com> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-RELEASE/AMD64 Ram Capacity? Message-ID: <441946A7.7090302@rtl.fmailbox.com> In-Reply-To: <cone.1142480030.309253.92101.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <4411D6D8.5030101@wmptl.com> <44122C1C.6030301@samsco.org> <cone.1142480030.309253.92101.1000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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> Scott Long writes: > >> The ATA driver is still a bit flakey with more than 4GB of RAM, so >> make sure that you are using either a modern SCSI controller or a RAID >> controller. > Would you mind clarifying if this applies to *only* > 4GB of ram or if it includes exactly 4GB? Also does PAE impact this flakey-ness? Are there any particular chipsets that are flaky/non-flaky? Are all FreeBSD 6.x versions affected? I guess what it boils down to is that I'm running an asus a8n-sli premium with 4GB ram and 4*160GB SATA2 drives in raid 0+1 (via the onboard nVidia (pseudo) raid) and currently using 6.1beta3 (as 6.0x does not recognise all 4GB of ram) - should I be worried that the drives are going to be flaky? Robert
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