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Subject: Re: avail memory is short by 1G on my FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE MP Dell
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC schrieb:
 > Yes, but in your case the real memory is > 4gb so of course the  amount
 > mapped would be less.  I have never seen on any of my  motherboards, >
 > 1Gb getting mapped when the physical memory is only 4GB

The real memory is *exactly* 4GB. The FreeBSD boot messages are confusing:
"real memory" just means "highest memory location".


Daniel