freebsd 4.8 max supported RAM

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Wed Feb 28 15:38:53 UTC 2007


"Ann Lee" <yokean1 at gmail.com> writes:
> anyone who knows what is the maximum supported ram for freebsd 4.8? any
> idea?

4 GB, but you may need to build a custom kernel and / or force it to
ignore the top half-gigabyte or so.

> can v4.8 support dual Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor?

I believe so, though 4.8's SMP support is not very good, and it
probably lacks drivers for some of the integrated peripherals (ATA /
SATA controller etc.) on your motherboard.  Still, it's only four
years old...

DES
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