4gb address space limitation for i386

2007-08-30 Thread User Bobby
I have an IBM xSeries 350 4xPIII with 5.5gb of RAM, and see that only about 3.5gb is being used under the i386 port. I've been looking through the archives to try and figure out what the root of the problem is and I amn't quite sure I know which part of the situation is the real problem. Is it

Re: 4gb address space limitation for i386

2007-08-30 Thread Jeff Mohler
Youre pretty much going to require an AMD setup for that. On 8/30/07, User Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an IBM xSeries 350 4xPIII with 5.5gb of RAM, and see that only about 3.5gb is being used under the i386 port. I've been looking through the archives to try and figure out what

RE: 4gb address space limitation for i386

2007-08-30 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
Hello: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of User Bobby Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:32 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4gb address space limitation for i386 I have an IBM xSeries 350 4xPIII with 5.5gb

Re: 4gb address space limitation for i386

2007-08-30 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 05:32:09PM -0400, User Bobby wrote: I have an IBM xSeries 350 4xPIII with 5.5gb of RAM, and see that only about 3.5gb is being used under the i386 port. I've been looking through the archives to try and figure out what the root of the problem is and I amn't quite sure

Re: 4gb address space limitation for i386

2007-08-30 Thread Garrett Cooper
User Bobby wrote: Ok thank you all for your replies. I'm thinking I can't use amd64 on a PIII, right? So, given that I'm stuck with this particular piece of hardware, my only real option is to begin down the long and scary road of PAE. Yes? Bob On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED]