From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 20 03:57:52 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 60A0F16A400 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:57:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560DE13C4D3 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:57:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 3B1311A4D80; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:57:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:57:52 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Kevin K Message-ID: <20080220035752.GR99258@elvis.mu.org> 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/1.4.2.3i 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: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:57:52 -0000 * Kevin K [080219 14:40] wrote: > I have a box that we recently installed 16GB of RAM on. The box is i386 > FreeBSD 6.2. It only recognizes 4gb. > > > > I am currently recompiling the kernel to support options PAE (KERNCONF=PAE) > in order to see this. I understand this is still considered a Beta > implementation ,and this is a production box. > > > > Does anyone have any alternative solutions that would provide a more > reliable environment other than PAE? Besideds PAE some people have mentioned running an amd64 system. One thing to consider is that PAE in 6-stable (6.3 and beyond) is considered very stable, so if you can't make the jump to amd64 system because you'd have to recompile too much, you might have luck updating sources to 6-stable and trying that kernel, then installing 6.3 userland. good luck, -Alfred