Subject: Re: which port to install (amd opteron dual core)
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/20/2006 00:13:24
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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,
> >=20
> > 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?
>=20
> Yes, with i386 you'll only see something like 3GB.

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.

--=20
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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