Memory Hole.

2006/7/20, Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:48:50PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 01:51:04PM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just got a new toy^H^H^Hdesktop system.  I'm looking for advice on
> > > selecting the best NetBSD version for a dual-core Opteron machine.
> > > This thing has 4 GB of RAM - do I need a 64-bit NetBSD version (amd64?)
> > > to be able to use all RAM?
> >
> > Yes, with i386 you'll only see something like 3GB.
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> Why that?  I received a set of Dell Precision 690 the other day, and
> noticed that NetBSD/i386's INSTALL only saw about 3GB.  I wonder why.
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> --
> Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
> "When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
> to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
> KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.
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