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Subject: Re: Real vs available memory
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hmm my bad.
strange indeed to read hw.machine i386 when it's 64 bit capable.

On 9 d=E9c. 2014, at 17:20, "Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)" <nwolff@oar.net> =
wrote:

> Patpro,
>=20
> Is there a reason your saying Frank can=B9t use 64 bit version of =
freebsd?
> That cpu is 64 bit capable. The hw.machine and hw.machine_arch just =
seem
> to be reporting i386 because that=B9s the installed software version.
>=20
> =8BNick
>=20
> On 12/9/14, 11:12 AM, "patpro@patpro.net" <patpro@patpro.net> wrote:
>=20
>> On 9 d=E9c. 2014, at 17:07, Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> frank_s@xxx:/home/frank_s % sysctl -a | egrep -i
>>> 'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu'
>>> hw.machine: i386
>>> hw.model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1035T Processor
>>> hw.ncpu: 6
>>> hw.machine_arch: i386
>>=20
>>=20
>> You cannot use a 64 bit version of FreeBSD, so you must compile your =
own
>> kernel with PAE:
>>=20
>> =
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#memory-i38=

>> 6-over-4gb
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
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