From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 14:57:07 2007 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 335CD16A419 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C2F13C467 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:57:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l97EuwCW073071; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:57:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id ED393B869; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:56:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:56:57 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: TAJUL AZHAR Mohd Tajul Ariffin Message-ID: <20071007145657.GB84686@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: TAJUL AZHAR Mohd Tajul Ariffin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <139c9dc70710070709m5b20ad53gd4e8532340b903cb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <139c9dc70710070709m5b20ad53gd4e8532340b903cb@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory ignored 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: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:57:07 -0000 --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 10:09:17PM +0800, TAJUL AZHAR Mohd Tajul Ariffin wr= ote: > Hi all, > i am maybe new to BSD. I had setup my DELL server 2900 to run freeBSD > 7.0server but i have seen a message that ignored my 4GB of my memory > in my server. Can somebody tell me what is happening and give me some > idea so that i can maximize my memory usage. My total memory is 8GB. FreeBSD i386 (32 bits) can normally only address 4GB. So you can either; - use the PAE extension (but see =A78.4.1 in the FreeBSD Handbook) - switch to the amd64 architecture. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHCPO5EnfvsMMhpyURAhaMAJ0Z92RvTi9WK/kPF+ROW/4aaXUPjwCbBx6q WZMBTUmX7fen9ZqmKII9v2A= =LBe+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XOIedfhf+7KOe/yw--