Subject: Re: G4 maximum memory?
To: Cliff Neighbors <cliff@allegronetworks.com>
From: David Bryan <videoman@visi.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/04/2000 16:29:32
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 12:53:50PM -0700, Cliff Neighbors had written:
> the G4 sawtooth motherboard has 4 DIMM slots which can each
> take up to 512MB. MacOS can only address 1.5GB, which I have heard
> is a software limit.
>
> has anyone tried running netbsd-macppc on a 2GB configuration?
> is there a known limit < 2GB on physical memory size either in the G4
> hardware
> (e.g. DMA limit?) or the macppc kernel?
>
From what I've heard it's just MacOS, but MacOSX will address more memory.
So, that being said, I would assume that Other OSes can address more memory.
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