Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:09:50 +0200 From: Ross Cameron <abalour@gmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: breakthru, maybe.... Message-ID: <35f70db10910290509v112e9f41y8d3228d7af6a1358@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091029040056.GA69298@thought.org> References: <20091028214842.GA68070@thought.org> <20091028230237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org> <a9f4a3860910281644v4bf1ab6fpa3a48539e56936a@mail.gmail.com> <20091029040056.GA69298@thought.org>
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 04:44:42PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 16:08, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:02:37PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:46 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > wrote: > > >> > so: what is the URL to download the 8.0-PRE freebsd....? > > >> > > >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > > >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > > > > > > wait, i thought the duo core is 64bits. still 32? > > > > This: > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ > > > > is indeed 64bit. > > > > Yes! but i bought the *Intel* 2-duo-core or whatever; not the > AMD (aDvanced micro Devices) chip. Are these both bit by bit > == ?? i mean, exactly--software-wise, the same?? > > thanks. > > gary > > ps i knew the amd was an intel clone on the 32-bit level; not > sure about the 64-bit chips... . > Intel licensed the AMD64 instruction set and they call it Intel 64 in their chips. Most free UNIX-like systems call the x86_64 releases AMD64 because thats the correct name for the instruction set. -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.
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