Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:06:57 -0700 From: Eric Osterweil <eoster@CS.UCLA.EDU> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory Message-ID: <74CB72FB-0B36-4945-B121-E61E07BAA4F5@CS.UCLA.EDU> In-Reply-To: <46FB2A26.8040507@pacific.net.sg> References: <DF52D4C2-523B-48E4-957A-01FB81C80FC3@CS.UCLA.EDU> <46FB2A26.8040507@pacific.net.sg>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > > Eric Osterweil wrote: > >> make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB >> of it. >> Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? >> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 > > this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. > > You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. > > Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. > Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/ make.conf as: CPUTYPE=amd64 ? Thanks a lot for the quick response! Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFG+yxhK/tq6CJjZQIRAjpiAKCInEOQtDgn4o6yU1T/8gyaeCqFPQCfdJK5 6q5BBIEz+Kqq3O8nB3LmDFE= =hU8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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