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> 
> hi
> 
> I've got a 4.7 freebsd machine and after upgrading from 4 to 6GB of RAM, top
> does not recogmize the other 2 GB (only shows 4) and actually there was a
> message that said "ignoring 2 GB".
> 
> Can anyone shed light on this or suggest where i can look to understand
> this?

I believe there is currently a 4 GByte limit to usable RAM, but I also 
believe I saw that it is planned to go up to something like 64 GB in a 
near future version.

Someone out there will know more specifically, I am sure.

////jerry

> 
> tia
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