From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 30 9:43:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (law2-f95.hotmail.com [216.32.181.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7367737B403 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:43:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kmays2000@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:43:10 -0700 Received: from 139.76.65.132 by lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:43:09 GMT X-Originating-IP: [139.76.65.132] From: "Kenneth Mays" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Beyond 4 GB and 2-GHz Pentium 4 processors Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:43:09 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Aug 2001 16:43:10.0109 (UTC) FILETIME=[DA4544D0:01C13172] Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG To answer the question of FreeBSD and 4GB. Most operating systems (32-bit based) are modified to work beyond the 4GB limit. In my case with Dell, the retail Redhat v7.1 doesn't work above 4GB. I had to use the modified enterprise kernel to get it to work "properly". The enterprise version can handle up to 64GB of RAM. I'd like to see testing done on the 850 chipsets and Intel's Pentium 4 processors using FreeBSD. Intel has their own specialized C/C++ compiler for doing their own tests. I'm mainly looking into laptops and Dell PowerEdge support using FreeBSD but I do see people building websites focused on those topics - which is a very good thing. Ken _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message