From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 23:18:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9AC1065686 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from aramaki.bong.com.au (aramaki.bong.com.au [202.76.172.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DC48FC2C for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from optimus.optusnet.com.au ([203.10.68.27]) by aramaki.bong.com.au with esmtpa (Exim 4.61 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1L2vpd-0007sQ-3i; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:47:33 +1100 Message-ID: <49249762.90503@fragfest.com.au> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:46:58 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fbsd@dannysplace.net References: <492494DD.2000604@dannysplace.net> In-Reply-To: <492494DD.2000604@dannysplace.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "John ." , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE with AMD Phenom X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:18:06 -0000 freebsd can do more than 2gigs ram ages ago? are you trying amd64 or i386 port? Dean Danny Carroll wrote: > John . wrote: >> Hi list >> >> FreeBSD 7 or 8.0-CURRENT - has anyone been able to get it working on >> an AMD Phenom machine? I've googled around but not seen any solid >> success stories yet. >> >> I'm looking at these motherboards: >> >> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1867 >> and 8GB RAM >> >> and http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALIVENF6G-DVI >> >> also considering Asus of similar spec >> >> Prime concerns are seeing the full amount of RAM, and whether it can >> see the SATA controller. > > I can't advise on anything else but I am sure you will need FreeBSD 8 to > see anything above 2G. > > -D > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- http://fragfest.com.au