From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 23:19:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F3D16A419 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0532E13C45B for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A0DA91CC033; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:19:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:19:39 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Kevin K Message-ID: <20080219231939.GA13625@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <002e01c87344$371766b0$a5463410$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002e01c87344$371766b0$a5463410$@com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:40 -0000 On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:10:17PM -0500, Kevin K wrote: > Does anyone have any alternative solutions that would provide a more > reliable environment other than PAE? You have two options, and these are the only two I'm aware of: 1) Run amd64 (64-bit). 2) Run i386 with PAE enabled. I would choose the 64-bit option in your situation. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |