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Albert Shih said the following on 02/22/06 16:59:
> Hi all
> 
> I've very strange problem with my new servers with AMD single core dual
> proc with 4 Go Ram.
> 
> When I boot the i386 version of FreeBSD 6.0 he see 4 Go but tell me he
> can't not access to 4go but only 3 Go. I upgrade to FreeBSD 6-Stable and nothing change.
> 
> When I boot the amd64 version of FreeBSD 6.0 he see 5 Go (!!) but tell me
> he can access only 4 go (well). When I upgrade to FreeBSD 6-Stable nothing
> change.
> 
> My problem is I need i386 version (because I'need maxima who need
> sbcl...and sbcl don't run on amd64).
> 
> If I tell the kernel I've 4 Go the system don't boot (kernel panic).
> 
> What can I do.
> 
You might need to compile a PAE enabled kernel, see the pae(4) man page 
for more details.

Regards,
Atanas