From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 3 23:42:59 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 D8ED216A41F for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:42:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hyperconx.com) Received: from front.hyperconx.net (front.hyperconx.net [66.181.8.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31DE943D46 for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:42:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hyperconx.com) Received: (qmail 11640 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2005 16:42:58 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO Production) (69.225.224.190) by 66.181.8.130 with SMTP; 3 Aug 2005 16:42:58 -0700 From: "Wil Hatfield" To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:42:50 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <49129B3E-7C52-4C34-ACF5-DAD0C3F14632@shire.net> Cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: RE: Making the Leap to 5.4 and 64bit 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: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:43:00 -0000 Chad, That answers my final question of which media to install from. And now I even understand why. Thanks a million. Wil Hatfield HyperConX -----Original Message----- From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [mailto:chad@shire.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:21 PM To: Wil Hatfield Cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: Re: Making the Leap to 5.4 and 64bit On Aug 3, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Wil Hatfield wrote: > Roland, > > Thanks for the tips and insight. Are they going to flame me on the > freebsd-amd64 list for my Xeon questions? As long as they are 64bit questions, they shouldn't. Intel adopted the 64bit extensions that AMD had made for their own 64bit Xeon series so the SW is the same. It has the amd64 name since it started with the AMD opteron, which for a while was the only chip with the architecture. Chad > > > Wil Hatfield > HyperConX > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net