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>
> I have read that OPTION PAE in kernel would fix the problem but I have also
> read that compiling FreeBSD AMD64 might be a better solution, any advices
> before I break my current setup?

simply use FreeBSD/amd64

i don't understand why you don't use 64-bit system on 64-bit hardware