Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:37:44 -0800 From: Vayu <vayua@sklinks.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: Terry <terry@bluelight.org.uk> Subject: Re: AMD 64 stability Message-ID: <200602230937.44464.vayua@sklinks.com> In-Reply-To: <200602231537.31325.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> References: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> <200602231537.31325.work@ashleymoran.me.uk>
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On Thursday 23 February 2006 07:37, Ashley Moran wrote: > On Wednesday 22 February 2006 23:11, Terry wrote: > > I have a ASUS 64 bit board and cpu spare so was considering using these > > with amd64 version. But due to the data centre being 300 mile away i > > thought i would check how you guys are finding it first :). Or shall i > > play it safe and use the i386 i just can't decide > > I've got a server based around an A8V Deluxe. Runs abolutely great, SATA > RAID and everything. Postgres flies on it. Getting Java running in the > last couple of days was a pain, but that is down to i386 emulation issues. > Not had any other problems at all. > > I'm so pleased with it I simply won't buy another server that won't run > FreeBSD/amd64 natively - although currently that does mean it can take > longer to find a compatible server than to actually install it. > > Ashley > _______________________________________________ Based on the hardware compatibility list I decided to use that board for my new computer. It seems to be on its way out availabilitywise. I could not find it locally. I ended up with a plain A8V, which appears to be the same without firewire. It works great.
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