Subject: Re: which port to install (amd opteron dual core)
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@kyyhky.embedtronics.fi>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-amd64
Date: 07/19/2006 23:48:50
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 01:51:04PM +0300, Jukka Marin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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?
Yes, with i386 you'll only see something like 3GB.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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