>>>>> "Chris" == Chris G Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org> writes:
    Chris> Until recently, NetBSD/i386 would croak if dropped on a machine with
    Chris> as little as 1GB of RAM.  (i believe this was fixed in time for 1.4.1,
    Chris> though i'm not entirely sure.)

    Chris> Unless i'm mistaken, use of e.g. 4GB requires support we just don't
    Chris> have in NetBSD/i386... but i'm not an x86 expert.

  We need to be able to use the extra bits in the PP/PII that come out of the 
CPU to address more than 4Gb. 

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