Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:11:46 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Michael <addymin@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD- XP Message-ID: <20041130181146.GA42041@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <41AC894B.5050007@pacbell.net> References: <20041130042523.96025.qmail@web41004.mail.yahoo.com> <20041129232238.1a47b02c@dolphin.local.net> <41AC894B.5050007@pacbell.net>
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 06:52:59AM -0800, Michael wrote: > Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > >On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:25:23 -0800 (PST), j p <jayncali61@yahoo.com> > >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. I am fairly certain that the Sempron (which is AMD's name for their low-end series of CPUs) does not support 64-bit programs or OS. It might be based upon the same core as the Athlon64 CPUs, but that does not mean it is a 64-bit CPU. (The extra stuff needed to support 64-bit instructions is after all a fairly small part of the core.) > > So would I use the amd64 version? No. You should use the i386 version. The AMD CPUs that implement the AMD64 architecture are the Opteron and Athlon 64 (incl. Athlon 64FX ) series. The Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, Duron, and Sempron do not, but are just normal 32-bit CPUs. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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