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Subject: Re: advice 64 bit architecture
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eodyna wrote:

>hi everyone.
>
>i just want to know if anyone has had any major issues
>running freebsd on 64bit architecture.
>
>i am wanting to buy a asus a8v deluxe - 939 via k8t800
>pro motherboard with a amd athlon64 939 3500+ chip.
>
>If anyone has any experience, id love to listen to
>your do's and don'ts.
>
>thanks!!!
>ams
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I tried to put 5.3beta7 on my brothers and had 2 main problems.  The 
wireless network card was not supported.  When I tried to use ndiscvt I 
just got an error saying if_ndis.ko could not be loaded.  It is the 
linksys wmp54gv4 pci card.  The issue that would get you is when I 
compiled x, startx failed about not being able to init fonts.  I am sure 
that could have been easily fixed, but for my brother the killer was 
wireless.  Other than that it was smooth, be sure to read 
/ports/UPDATING about lib changes.