From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 9:53: 4 2002 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 C470637B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mhub-m2.tc.umn.edu (mhub-m2.tc.umn.edu [160.94.23.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 108B343E4A for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:53:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ryans@gamersimpact.com) Received: from mhub0.tc.umn.edu (mhub0.tc.umn.edu [128.101.131.40]) by mhub-m2.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:52:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from [128.101.186.124] by mail.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:52:32 -0600 Subject: Re: Maximumx Memory for Free BSD 4.7? From: Ryan Sommers To: Ken Randolph Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3DFDFDF9.2040708@fspl.lib.ar.us> References: <3DFDFDF9.2040708@fspl.lib.ar.us> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1040057578.85159.4.camel@lobo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 16 Dec 2002 10:52:58 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] mhub0.tc.umn.edu #+LO+TR Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ken: It's my understanding that FreeBSD is able to address the full 4GB of physical RAM a 32-bit machine will support. (2^32 = 4.294967e+09) Ryan On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 10:23, Ken Randolph wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently considering building a web server and I am > wanting to use Free BSD 4.7 for the O/S. I was wondering if it has a > limit to the amount of memory it will recognize, like Windows 98 will > only recognize up to 256 MB. I want to use a refurbished Dell 410 with > two Pentium III CPU's (running at 550 MHZ) and would like to put the > maximum amount of memory (i.e., 2048 MB) in it. I have checked all of > the hardware and chipstructures on the system and it seems as though > they should be compatible. > > Thank you for your time, > Ken Randolph, Computer Support Specialist > Fort Smith Public Library > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ryan "leadZERO" Sommers ryans@gamersimpact.com ICQ: 1019590 AIM/MSN: leadZERO To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message