On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:04:20PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote: > 8-way amd64 (Intel quad Xeon x 2) with 16GB ram. The BIOS and bootloader > correctly see all 16gb, but the kernel only sees 4.00GB (a very > non-random amount, indicating to me an artificial limit is being imposed > somewhere). Just for comparison purposes, amd64 Windows and amd64 Linux > also both see 16gb, but these are not being considered for deployment. > > I've tried both 4.2 and -current from a week or so back, and have the > same problem on both. I also went through the -GENERIC config and > GENERIC-MP config and tried to see if any options in there were > applicable, but did not see anything that seemed appropriate to fix this > issue.
I wonder if the fix for Compaq's with more than 16 MB of ram would be applicable? See the FAQ section 4.12.1. The fix involves a boot> prompt command and if it works, a line in /etc/boot.conf Good luck. Doug.
