João Carlos Mendes Luís <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, I tought PAE was only needed when we had MORE than 4G. But > without PAE the system shows only 3.5G.
Without PAE, the address space is only 32 bits (4 GB), 512 MB of which are reserved for PCI devices. With PAE, the address space is 36 bits (64 GB) which is more than room enough for your 4 GB of RAM *plus* the PCI configuration and MMIO space. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"