Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 07:22:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Justin V." <vic@yeaguy.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> Subject: Re: Installed memory today, questions immediately Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1011050720150.8122@yeaguy.com> In-Reply-To: <4CD3B00F.7030501@eskk.nu> References: <op.vlodtf0g82l4o8@hbca.yeaguy.com> <4CD36D68.5060100@radel.com> <op.vlohuwhf82l4o8@hbca.yeaguy.com> <4CD3B00F.7030501@eskk.nu>
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On Fri, 5 Nov 2010, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > On 2010-11-05 04:41, justin v wrote: >> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:35:20 -0700, Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> wrote: >> >>> On 11/4/10 10:13 PM, justin v wrote: >>>> >>>> I installed 4GB or memory today. I rebooted and see this, the first >>>> line after the splash menu thing: >>>> >>>> 983040K of memory above 4GB ignored >>>> >>>> dmesg shows avail mem amount and I am concerned as well: >>>> >>>> real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB) >>>> avail memory = 3139940352 (2994 MB) >>>> >>>> is a stick bad perhaps? >>>> >>> Start by reading >>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/compatibility-memory.html >>> >>> >>> If that doesn't cover it, come back here and include a little >>> information about the version of FreeBSD and the hardware you're using. >>> >> >> > > I would suggest you to give us the output of uname -a > > I suspect you are running the 32-bit version of FreeBSD and it cannot address > more that 3 Gb of RAM. > > /Leslie > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > yep running 32-bit and have a 686. No PAE happening. oh well. i wasnt sure if id run into any compatiblity issues.. i have this server running how i want, no issues, so, 32bit OS with 3GB ram will do... thanks for the response.
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