FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE with AMD Phenom

Dean Hamstead dean at fragfest.com.au
Wed Nov 19 15:18:06 PST 2008


freebsd can do more than 2gigs ram ages ago?

are you trying amd64 or i386 port?

Dean

Danny Carroll wrote:
> John . wrote:
>> Hi list
>>
>> FreeBSD 7 or 8.0-CURRENT - has anyone been able to get it working on
>> an AMD Phenom machine? I've googled around but not seen any solid
>> success stories yet.
>>
>> I'm looking at these motherboards:
>>
>> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1867
>> and 8GB RAM
>>
>> and http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALIVENF6G-DVI
>>
>> also considering Asus of similar spec
>>
>> Prime concerns are seeing the full amount of RAM, and whether it can
>> see the SATA controller.
> 
> I can't advise on anything else but I am sure you will need FreeBSD 8 to
> see anything above 2G.
> 
> -D
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