From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 15:00:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B3916A4CF for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:00:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [66.11.169.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E50DF43D5E for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:00:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAUEuwh4043421; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:56:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Message-ID: <41AC8B54.6020405@gldis.ca> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:01:40 -0500 From: Jeremy Faulkner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041123) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: addymin@pacbell.net References: <20041130042523.96025.qmail@web41004.mail.yahoo.com> <20041129232238.1a47b02c@dolphin.local.net> <41AC894B.5050007@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <41AC894B.5050007@pacbell.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80rc4/561/Fri Oct 29 06:26:00 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on constans.gldis.ca X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD- XP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:00:17 -0000 Michael wrote: > Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:25:23 -0800 (PST), j p >> wrote: >> >> >>> i have a AMD XP 2200 chip. what version of freebsd i need to download. >> >> >> >> You want the i386 distribution. The Athlon XP is still only a 32-bit >> processor, so the amd64 is unusable. >> > I'm thinking about installing 5.3 on box with an AMD Sempron 2800. I > think (?) that the Sempron is based on a 64-bit core. > > So would I use the amd64 version? > > Mike The i386 release will work and will run fast, but if you want to use 64-bit enhancements you'll need the amd64 port. -- Jeremy Faulkner Resume: http://www.gldis.ca/gldisater/resume.html