From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 29 06:34:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8D801065676 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D7278FC14 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9T6YHO0066562; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:18 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n9T6YHO0066562 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1256798058; bh=zKTMeEyWzwohZLBdwUFHlpptrnXepSkCdxENJ8G95GM=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4AE93763.4090109@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20T hu,=2029=20Oct=202009=2006:34:11=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20090823)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20Gary=20Kline=20|CC:=20Polytrop on=20,=20=0D=0A=20FreeBSD=20Mailing=20List=20|Subject:=20Re:=20breakthru,=20maybe.. ..|References:=20<20091028214842.GA68070@thought.org>=09<200910282 30237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de>=20<20091028230801.GC68365@thought .org>|In-Reply-To:=20<20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org>|X-Enigma il-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg= 3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B= 0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigF5ED93803EA2C4EDE0FDEC00"; b=OvKlFf2HfSfEZ+FWHLniWEksT1E+nXwZNyL0hldB16kvJbxsM4ypsP8pi0XlqIkBU AeSn/VtstWckPM4xELMi8p2QeM6zURe/H9352EoDdQywRQiv/InjLE8n9j68dANAxN gyGpmz2nc0layl8a3FCVC3Wt3T71XTpPZ84rQJw8= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4AE93763.4090109@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:11 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090823) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <20091028214842.GA68070@thought.org> <20091028230237.6bc97ffd.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091028230801.GC68365@thought.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF5ED93803EA2C4EDE0FDEC00" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Polytropon , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: breakthru, maybe.... 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: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:34:25 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF5ED93803EA2C4EDE0FDEC00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:02:37PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:46 -0700, Gary Kline wro= te: >>> 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? All Intel processors produced in the last few years have been 64bit capable, including anything labelled 'core2'. You need to install the amd64 architecture binaries to get the system running in 64bit mode though, even though it's an Intel chip. Likewise, all Intel and AMD processors support running in 32bit mode, and you need to install the i386 architecture binaries to achieve=20 that, irrespective of who actually manufactured your processor chips. As to which variant you should install? For servers, I'd go 64bit=20 pretty much automatically. For desktops, especially if you need 3D graphics performance you're somewhat limited by the support available for your graphics adapter. There are 64bit drivers for various ATI cards, but I can't tell off hand if the one you have is supported. If it is, or if you don't care about 3D graphics support, then go 64bit. Apart from anything else, 64bit-ness means you can install and use a lot more RAM, and more RAM is a relatively cheap solution to a lot of computing problems. 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