Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:46:58 +0100 From: Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 6.1 with PAE on a recent server (HP DL380 G5 or Dell PE 1950) ? Message-ID: <1163508418.24336.8.camel@oli2.insign.local> In-Reply-To: <200611141159.kAEBxKql028263@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200611141159.kAEBxKql028263@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Bonjour, On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 12:59 +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > But of course if you (and Mike Jakubik) strongly suggest it would be a > > good idea, why not, I will give a try asap :-) Any special thing I > > should take care of when switching from the i686 kernel to the amd64 > > one? > > The easiest way is to re-install with an /amd64 ISO. On new servers, sure. But on already active (and in production) systems? I guess a make buildkernel is not enought, and that at least a make buildworld would be necessary? Or even some ports? I can go offline for a few minutes, but certainly not hours... :) > > Will the systems be quicker this way, > > When addressing more than 4 GB of physical RAM, a native > 64bit system is certainly more efficient (hence quicker) > than the PAE kludge. Ok, good point. Thanks for your feedback! regards, Olivier
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