Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:37:13 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: josh.carroll@gmail.com, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64) Message-ID: <499c70c0709290937r63c7118dn9474885b02fc5eb8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709290911u10bcc4afq48a8bb2e483ebc09@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920709262135l1daa6a45k3a2fc492f8711d42@mail.gmail.com> <44r6khh4xh.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <bef9a7920709290903q3ab2a7e3x22de338ecd6af49e@mail.gmail.com> <8cb6106e0709290907j3babcbabt83c97712045b3d0e@mail.gmail.com> <bef9a7920709290911u10bcc4afq48a8bb2e483ebc09@mail.gmail.com>
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On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please don't top-post. Anyway, if you're not seeing all 4G, then you > > are most likely running an i386 kernel/release and not amd64. In order > > to use 4G on a 32-bit (i386) install, you need to include: > > > > options PAE > > I already tried that and it barfed on a cast in adavsys.c (forget what > subdir) and no amount of hand editing corrected it (generated file?). > > That is why I was asking if a in place upgrade to amd64 native was possible I think you need to start from the scratch to use AMD64 arch. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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