Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:43:55 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: more than 4GB in opteron board running i386 version of 5.3/5.4 Message-ID: <5BE10643-C9EF-4E7F-BD8A-107EB7FD1EBB@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20050520184210.GA53630@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <846F9624-BC67-4058-A688-7359B7485EF3@shire.net> <20050520184210.GA53630@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On May 20, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 12:19:45PM -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net > LLC wrote: > >> Just want to confirm that FreeBSD 5.3/5.4 can access and use more >> than 4GB of RAM in a Tyan Opteron MB (in this case an S2882) running >> the i386 version of FreeBSD. >> > > I don't know about the particular motherboard, but you need to enable > PAE in your kernel. Not all drivers work with PAE, so you'll need to > do some research to check your hardware compatibility. ok, thanks That will get me going. I don't have the 4gb now but am thinking about the years upgrades best Chad > > Kris > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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