Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:51:29 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: Re: Dell 2950: 4GB not seen (amd64; works on other 2950:s) Message-ID: <200708261651.30016.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <20070824164606.ee6b19bf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <200708242148.36791.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070824153203.0266aa40@mail.computinginnovations.com> <20070824164606.ee6b19bf.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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> Derek triggered a thought ... I believe the 2950s have the ability to > do "RAM RAID1", to increase RAM reliability. If that belief is correct, > it could be that you've got 4G physically in the machine, but only 2G > logically available to the OS. > > At least, I think I remember seeing an option like that in a BIOS ... Now that you mention it I do think I recognize that. It would fit with the ~ 2 GB visible memory, but on the other hand the kernel does print the full 4 GB during boot. But will definitely have to look into that. Thanks! -- / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org
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