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Subject: Re: freebsd i386 on amd64 hardware?
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David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 06:09:47PM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote:
> 
>>I'm planning to buy a new box, and would like to move to
>>amd64 hardware. 
> 
> ..
> 
>>My question would thus be:
>>is it possible to run 32-bit FreeBSD (4.x) on amd64
>>hardware?
> 
> 
> It *SHOULD* work just fine.  Others in this thread say it works great
> (and I myself use an Athlon64 as an 'i386' -CURRENT test build box).
> However, no one has spoken saying they run 4.10.
> 
> FreeBSD/i386 will run on AMD64 hardware, the real question is are all the
> typical devices on AMD64 motherboards supported in 4.10.  That I don't
> know.
> 
> 
>>PS: I've been reading the list for recommended
>>motherboards and chipsets and probably will be sticking to
>>an MSI with a Via K8T800 chipset. If you have other suggestions
>>I'll be more than glad to hear them. Thanks!
> 
> 
> I think you'll have a great experience with that particular choice.
>  
The real question is whether AMD will change sockets again.  But they 
claim on their site that legacy sockets will be supported.  It makes 
 
           choosing the chip/mobo very confusing.  Frys here locally had 
about 10 Abit AV8's, all customer returns due to socket confusion.   Rob.