freebsd 4.8 max supported RAM

[Ann Lee]

yes, it's old but stable. so far so good as this running in my production
with anti-spam email gateway filtering installed more than 2 years. im
thinking for an upgrade the RAM and add 1 more CPU processor in. maybe
upgrade the freebsd version to 5.3 version and above.

do i still need to build the custom kernel for 5.3? do u hv the file? can
send me the instruction? is 5.3 stable enought to support 2 X Intel Xeon
2.8Ghz processor and 4GB RAM. i seen many forums that some only can detect
3GB RAM instead of 4GB RAM.


On 2/28/07, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
>
> "Ann Lee" <yokean1 at gmail.com> writes:
> > anyone who knows what is the maximum supported ram for freebsd 4.8? any
> > idea?
>
> 4 GB, but you may need to build a custom kernel and / or force it to
> ignore the top half-gigabyte or so.
>
> > can v4.8 support dual Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor?
>
> I believe so, though 4.8's SMP support is not very good, and it
> probably lacks drivers for some of the integrated peripherals (ATA /
> SATA controller etc.) on your motherboard.  Still, it's only four
> years old...
>
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no
>