Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:04:37 -0500 From: Daniel Mayfield <dan@3geeks.org> To: Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Real vs available memory Message-ID: <33800656-9F95-489B-9A0B-72102C685E6D@3geeks.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091058220.1004@Ace.nina.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091010320.1004@Ace.nina.org> <54871680.6060705@sentex.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091058220.1004@Ace.nina.org>
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Run this command: sysctl -a | egrep -i 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu=92 If you see =93amd64=94 in there, you want the 64 bit (amd64) version of = FreeBSD. If you don=92t, you=92re out of luck. Dan On 9Dec 2014, at 11:00, Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Mike Tancsa wrote: >=20 >> On 12/9/2014 10:19 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: >>> I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I = have >>> added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system = BIOS >>> sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get = this >>> during boot. >>> real memory =3D 8589934592 (8192 MB) >>> avail memory =3D 3400794112 (3243 MB) >>> How do I get use of the full 8 gigs? >>=20 >>=20 >> What does >> uname -a >> show ? Are you by chance running i386 inadvertently ? >>=20 >> ---Mike >=20 > FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 10.1-STABLE FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE #0 r275606: Mon = Dec 8 14:36:16 EST 2014 frank_s@xxx.xxx.xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC = i386 >=20 > Should I be running something else? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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