On 2011-12-07, Stefan Johnson <tigerphoenixdra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all. Today I replaced OpenSuSE with OpenBSD 5.0 on my HP ML 570 G2 > server. The system includes to memory boards for RAM. One board has 8 gigs, > and the other has 4. The power on self test sees 12 and initializes 12, > but after the server boots, OpenBSD appears to only see 4. I believe this > relates to 32 vs 64 bit, but I'm not positive.
Yes, exactly. OpenBSD supports >4GB RAM only on 64-bit architectures. > The FAQ mentions a trick for utilizing more RAM when all of the RAM isn't > seen using boot.conf at this link: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#InstProb That is not relevant to your situation.