From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 21:37:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3CA8A16A41F for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:37:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E259A43D48 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:37:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 7477 invoked by uid 502); 25 Sep 2005 21:37:52 -0000 Received: from dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@12.178.99.132) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Sep 2005 21:37:52 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 12.178.99.132 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl-12-178-99-132.ywave.com Message-ID: <433718AF.10109@ywave.com> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:37:51 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050924) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Graham North References: <433705B5.4020004@shaw.ca> <43370B4B.8090501@ywave.com> <43370D4F.8040008@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <43370D4F.8040008@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 on AMD64 architecture X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:37:56 -0000 Graham North wrote: > Thanks Micah! > > Which version of FBSD are you using? Your choice of MB looks pretty > solid. Can you recommend a good, supported (and cheap) video card as > the A8V-E does not seem to have video. > Thanks again, Graham/ > I'm using 5.4-RELEASE-p7 for the i386 install and 5.4-RELEASE for the AMD64 install. As for video, no particular recommendation. I have an ATI X300 SE by MSI. It's a cheap ($60) PCI-EX card. Unfortunately it has no graphics acceleration under FreeBSD/XORG so I might as well have bought a cheaper PCI card. :) Other caveats: I've read that the onboard NIC isn't compatible yet and I haven't tried the onboard wifi or sata since I don't have any equipment to test them with. I saw some messages in one of the freebsd lists that indicates /someone/ is working on the NIC though. Later, Micah > Micah wrote: > >> >> >> Graham North wrote: >> >>> It is my understanding that the AMD 64 family supports 32-bit i386 >>> code completely...can someone confirm this. >>> >>> I would like to stay with 32 bit for the time being but run it on a >>> new MB using an AMD64 architecture. Should I therefore be simply >>> installing an i386 iso as though it is on an Intel machine? Will the >>> i386 iso then have full support for AMD specific drivers such as the >>> k8t800? I noticed from this link >>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html THAT the the >>> VIA K8T800 and K8T890 seem to be reasonably supported whereas not >>> many other current AMD Northbridges are (note however that this >>> support is for AMD64 iso). >>> >>> Any pearls of wisdom much appreciated. No I do not wish to install as >>> 64 bit at this time... >>> Thanks, Graham/ >>> >> >> You'll probably get a lot of responses on this one. I'm currently >> running the i386 FreeBSD on an Ahtlon 64 as my desktop. I also have >> the 64 bit installed on a seperate partition to experiment with. I >> have an A8V-E mobo that has the K8T890. Works just fine except an >> occasional glitch while booting freezes the system. I've read it's an >> ACPI thing, but since I rarely reboot I've not bothered to disable ACPI. >> >> Later, >> Micah >> >>