-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>> >>>> Eric Osterweil wrote: >>>> >>>>> make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB >>>>> of it. >>>>> Can anyone help me figure out how to make use of the missing GB? >>>>> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 >>>> >>>> this looks like a 32 bit binary to me. >>>> >>>> You either need a 64 bit binary or you need to enable PAE. >>>> >>>> Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. >>>> >>> >>> Ahh... To do this, do I just specify the CPUTYPE in the /etc/make.conf >>> as: >>> CPUTYPE=amd64 >>> ? >>> >> No. Add options SMP to GENERIC or use the SMP conf file that's >> already there (and includes GENERIC). Then recompile the kernel per >> the handbook. >> > he still has to set the CPU type also in this config file to amd64. If the OP has installed FreeBSD i386 then changing the CPU type in /etc/make.conf won't magically get him FreeBSD amd64 --- it will just get him FreeBSD i386 optimized for AMD processors running in 32bit mode. As far as I know, there is no simple way to start with a 32-bit system and the FreeBSD sources and recompile and reinstall everything into a 64-bit system. (Although the opposite direction is apparently possible on 7-CURRENT, but it's a guru-only level of difficulty.) The best and most effective answer here is to start by downloading an amd64 installation CD and redo the whole thing from scratch. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG+0E58Mjk52CukIwRCETCAKCMup1KJEH3jZNewCNG0Faz2IqiLACdGvpc ObU/d7KOx+4qvJ3IY/QcsTY= =1mOs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"