I have an old Optiplex GX280 with a 3 GHZ Celeron and 4 GB of RAM. It is currently running FreeBSD 9.2 i386. The CPU is 32-bit so FreeBSD can't use all of the memory:
real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3134971904 (2989 MB)
Is it possible to install the AMD64 version in order for it to use all the memory, and if so are there any drawbacks. Also, I have the AMD64 version burned to disk, however, FreeBSD sees the HD and the bootable DVD and doesn't know which to boot from. What's the easiest way to make the HD not visible as bootable (even if brutal) -
real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3134971904 (2989 MB)
Is it possible to install the AMD64 version in order for it to use all the memory, and if so are there any drawbacks. Also, I have the AMD64 version burned to disk, however, FreeBSD sees the HD and the bootable DVD and doesn't know which to boot from. What's the easiest way to make the HD not visible as bootable (even if brutal) -
rm -rf /boot
?