On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Robert Heron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I use: > > FreeBSD 7.0-R on i386 server with motherboard S5000VSA and 6GB RAM onboard. > BIOS version - 88 (the latest) > > Kernel includes: options MAXMEM=(6*1024*1024) > > And FreeBSD reports only: > > real memory = 2680160256 (2556 MB) > avail memory = 2617892864 (2496 MB) > > Why? What is wrong that FreeBSD sees only about 2.5GB instead of 6GB? > > Robert > ----------------------------------------------------- Look at system memory map: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/intel-system-memory-map.png As a 32-bit system, your limit is 4 GB, subtracting PCI devices, sound and so on like the linked PNG. Rodolfo Bojo Pellegrino _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"