fbsd 6-stable i386 in server amd64

Bruce Burden brucegb at realtime.net
Mon Sep 25 08:33:20 PDT 2006


On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 12:11:51PM -0300, Roberto Lima wrote:
>
> My system ignores 4gb ram, and shows only 3.3gb.
>
	That is because BIOS takes a certain amount of space
   for the devices. You are relatively fortunate, my 4GB system
   only allows my 2.5GB of memory, due to the number of devices
   I have.
>
> How I do to build kernel amd64 in i386? its possible?
>
	Yes, it is possible. I believe /usr/src/UPDATING has
   the many steps required. It is not, however, recommended.
   Installing from a AMD64 CD/DVD is much the recommended 
   method.
>
>                                                       And the option
> PAE in kernel i386, works if i compile with kernel i386 in my server?
> 
	It does, but you will lose the ability to load kernel
   modules. Since the mfe driver is a loadable module, PAE is
   not a possibility for me.

							Bruce
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