Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:34:24 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Real vs available memory Message-ID: <54871680.6060705@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091010320.1004@Ace.nina.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091010320.1004@Ace.nina.org>
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On 12/9/2014 10:19 AM, Frank Seltzer wrote: > I have a Dell Studio XPS 7100 that came with 4 gigs of memory. I have > added another 4 gigs but there is a problem using it. The system BIOS > sees the additional 4 gigs and apparently so does FreeBSD but I get this > during boot. > > real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) > avail memory = 3400794112 (3243 MB) > > How do I get use of the full 8 gigs? What does uname -a show ? Are you by chance running i386 inadvertently ? ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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