Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 15:33:33 +0000 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Real vs available memory Message-ID: <20141209153333.GA74571@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091010320.1004@Ace.nina.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:19:31AM -0500, Frank Seltzer wrote: > I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have > added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS > sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this > during boot. > > real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) > avail memory = 3400794112 (3243 MB) > > How do I get use of the full 8 gigs? You haven't posted a "uname -a" so I can't be sure, but I'd guess you've installed FreeBSD i386 which is 32-bit and need to reinstall with amd64. -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlSHFkwACgkQXY6L6fI4GtTOgACfc0x48PtpwkgahpCtP/+mqd3k ZgIAoKp7mHcGhoA0E3syG7cM6rni4V0A =oF5p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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