From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 16:04:41 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C088195 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:04:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22e.google.com (mail-qc0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BC5C90B for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:04:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id c9so639584qcz.33 for ; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:04:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=3geeks.org; s=google; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=pHMZ0Lu0A0ifCPDGrdKJKe9842GbdY2gLrrmCNqnDEM=; b=mFTJ3p/4fiZr1w6wuP2RCHtQ79LwnEqAMWA6zK2AZhIqCZcfENCftL94o5yxXAnifR L2++7WVrQD+OM0ArDnIj/sb7bm+X/gQBj8hwN+m5UCuDJ7hu6CGHk1R2mSDAoRBbGAGg 83nre6VwvhhuQc9q1dw9GJTdCrYobEtjSan0g= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=pHMZ0Lu0A0ifCPDGrdKJKe9842GbdY2gLrrmCNqnDEM=; b=ZODX6mFWQy2ztUPmaUgFIxnkQp30M6Lzpor8ixfu8VFx4EjkzLDObgRsrIeHJUaCDQ DrmvatQOX8wYf7haoJnQvWP4JLXirPjXyQH8v82igk6tt8ai705JMQUyeDKm/AlUR48q ruzQJHSggcocFTpdMKf9dU4F+KmV17qAKwmao6A6tulfM19jKTxAqNMmjVUrsjyG36Ki ChWliPAUAZKL3U8Gfs5+oVURE4xTLXt20M0u+K0IbNHAQCqZML9ou2eMpGp9SNMmnTlp h7fUw7uAB13JtLSFou/gqm80xUqiAORVJxUqQvHy0yTVEaKFJmmL/zQ1Z1p6n7x0sslU U1NA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkoTqd0hYeBMFss4wXVB4SRYN8ZxjfG9wj7k2r0JbeRo4VJ7KVe0QN4c2F53hemZE2IKV5Z X-Received: by 10.224.97.72 with SMTP id k8mr6927726qan.46.1418141080305; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:04:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:470:e464:4000:5536:2ef4:7a8b:2f4e? ([2001:470:e464:4000:5536:2ef4:7a8b:2f4e]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id c75sm1437515qge.20.2014.12.09.08.04.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:04:39 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: Real vs available memory From: Daniel Mayfield In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:04:37 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <33800656-9F95-489B-9A0B-72102C685E6D@3geeks.org> References: <54871680.6060705@sentex.net> To: Frank Seltzer X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:04:41 -0000 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 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"