From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 19:07:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF2DF1065671 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D8748FC12 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KH1Ts-0003qP-Lt for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:05 +0000 Received: from 78-0-89-102.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.0.89.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:04 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-0-89-102.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:04 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:06:48 +0200 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <1FC03320-82E6-4ADD-AE3F-E0BAD48AF4D0@heron.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDD62CA9B38A445A2FEFF6DC3" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-0-89-102.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) In-Reply-To: <1FC03320-82E6-4ADD-AE3F-E0BAD48AF4D0@heron.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and RAM limit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07:09 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDD62CA9B38A445A2FEFF6DC3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Robert Heron wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I use: >=20 > FreeBSD 7.0-R on i386 server with motherboard S5000VSA and 6GB RAM=20 > onboard. BIOS version - 88 (the latest) >=20 > Kernel includes: options MAXMEM=3D(6*1024*1024) You generally shouldn't touch MAXMEM as it's autotuned. > And FreeBSD reports only: >=20 > real memory =3D 2680160256 (2556 MB) > avail memory =3D 2617892864 (2496 MB) >=20 > Why? What is wrong that FreeBSD sees only about 2.5GB instead of 6GB? Having only 2.5 GB is a bit severe (do you have lots of PCI hardware?=20 video cards with lots of memory?), but PAE could be your solution. See he= re: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/compatibility-memory= =2Ehtml --------------enigDD62CA9B38A445A2FEFF6DC3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIdl3OldnAQVacBcgRAnLIAKDEDoQooPIWI4Ys+rbAd2FZqzaqaACfUvK7 4JBqGTV+7cDY4pV8xk/tKzg= =007Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDD62CA9B38A445A2FEFF6DC3--