From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 18:43:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E0A416A4CF for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 18:43:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44CA343D5D for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 18:43:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1DZCTU-000GzZ-N5; Fri, 20 May 2005 12:43:56 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20050520184210.GA53630@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <846F9624-BC67-4058-A688-7359B7485EF3@shire.net> <20050520184210.GA53630@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v728) Message-Id: <5BE10643-C9EF-4E7F-BD8A-107EB7FD1EBB@shire.net> From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:43:55 -0600 To: Kris Kennaway X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.728) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: more than 4GB in opteron board running i386 version of 5.3/5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:43:57 -0000 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